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And subsequent conversation i had with 10-45 with the secretary of defense. due to the facts as we understand it. but thing are changing even at this moment. the specialists, the alleged shooter joined the army in june of 2008 when he fir enlisted in the army he was an infan trip soldier. -- he was an infantry soldier. he transferred his mos to truck driver. we are tracking at the moment that he did have two deployments, including one four-month deployment to iraq. as a truck driver. his record show no wound, no involvement -- direct involvement in combat. as general milly said no record of pu...

I understand the resilience of the people at fort hood. i would just say that i believe that some of the procedures that have been put in place following the incident 4 1/2 years ago did help us yesterday. alert procedures that were in place, the response, the training that has gone into the response forces that responded i think contributed to making this something that could have bench much worse. so we'll continue to monitor the force of the army and the resource of the army will be behind fort hood. we are confident in the leadership of mark milly who has many of you know has just returns ...

Caliber that the soldier recently purchased. he lived off post. we try to do everything we can to encourage soldiers to register their personal weapons, even when they live off post. we are not legally able to compel them to register weapons when they are reside off post. but the minute that soldier brought that weapon on to the post it was not registered and it was under our rules and regs being utilized obviously illegally and with not proper clearance or full knowledge by the command. he is married. his wife was being questioned last i was informed last evening. they are natives to puerto r...

They will certainly look at all this. i just want to add, the soldiers at ft. hood, many of whom we've known for years, their commanders. i have traveled in afghanistan with general milly, the commander. this is a base that has paid its dues in a very hard way for the last 13 years of combat. many of the troops just came back a few weeks ago from their tao of duty in afghanistan. this is a base that has seen a lot of heart break from the incident in 2009, from those who have fallen on the battle field, from the hundreds that have been wounded. this is an army base that has really paid its dues...

Live, families, children as you saw in that initial video that we heard. this is a very bustling part of the texas community in which they all live and work. so it remains to be seen the exact details of how someone got weapons onto this base and how they proceeded to carry out this act. that will be a matter of intense investigation, especially after that 2009 incident with major nidal hasan. the commander general of ft. hood, lieutenant general mark milly, is expected out at the main gate within another half hour to 45 minutes to come to camera and talk about what has happened there today. j...