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But most importantly, i want to thank the soldiers, the families and civilians of fort hood and the surrounding community. i want to thank lieutenant general mark milly and scott sh roader. we are fortunate to have experienced dedicated leaders to guide us through these difficult days. our job as leaders is to propair soldiers for the chaos of war. the loss of any soldier in any circumstance is a tragedy for a unit or for a family. yet somehow the loss of comrades in the heat of bat tle is a ris that we understand and with time we can accept. that these soldiers were lost on american soil and ...

Family this is a time once again to come together, to stand as one. as they have so many times before, drawing strength from each other. as this committee know so well, the past 13 years have been fraught with much loss, with much pain, with much suaving. but through it all men and women of the united states army, the civilians who support them have come through the storm together. and i know as we have in the past will come out the other side of this tempest poorer for the losses but stronger through our resolve. mr. chairman, i can take a moment now to give you the updates that you requested...

We did hear a short time ago from defense secretary chuck hagel. let's listen. >> i just got off the phone with our senior leaders at the pentagon to get an update. i know there have been a number of reports out in the press. ft. hood is still locked down. we are still getting facts. it's a terrible tragedy. we know that. we know there are casualties, both people killed and injured. we don't have all the facts yet. we will get those. it's still under investigation. our military has it as well as law enforcement. i understand the commanding general of ft. hood, general milly, will be holding a ...

Being shot outside of hostile theater, now the fighting brought back to us on u.s. soil. we need to do something about this issue together as a nation. >> we certainly do. staff sergeant alonzo lunsford. i'll have you stand by once again we're expecting to hear momentarily from the base commander, lieutenant general mark milly. we'll have the news conference that will give us all the latest information. that is expected momentarily. we'll take a quick break, resume our special coverage right after this. [ male announcer ] this is the cat that drank the milk... [ meows ] ...and let in the dog t...

Time. hang on one second here. second of state chuck hagel in hawaii for a meeting speaking on the incident. >> i know there have been a number of reports out of the press. ft. hood is still locked down. we are still getting facts. it's a terrible tragedy. we know that. we know there are casualties, both people killed and injured. we don't have all the facts yet. we will get those. it's still under investigation. our military has it as well as law enforcement. i understand the commanding general of ft. hood, general milly, will be holding a news conference here shortly. i know the president ad...