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>> have you been involved in discussion since the last shooting at ft. hood about base security, particularly at ft. hood and exactly what the procedures should be at the gates? >> i've had briefings on it by the staff at ft. hood and the facilities at ft. hood. one of the things that makes what we call the great place the great place, because that's what they call ft. hood, the great place, is that it has a great community relation with the surrounding area. they want to continue having that strong relation with the community. so once they got through through all the security examinations, th...

Facilities at ft. hood. one of the things that makes what we call the great place the great place, because that's what they call ft. hood, the great place, is that it has a great community relation with the surrounding area. they want to continue having that strong relation with the community. so once they got through all of the security examinations, they wanted to have an open post as much as they could. it's been four years, almost five years now since november of '09. and so i'm sure there was good security at the gates but there was open traffic. >> and colonel jack jacobs was mentioning ...

All the security examinations, they wanted to have an open post as much as they could. it's been four years, almost five years now since november of '09. and so i'm sure there was good security at the gates but there's open traffic. >> on a base this size, to do searches of every car going through those gates would just create crippling traffic jams in the area. is that your sense of what would happen if we got into a situation where you actually had to try to crack down on every car going through? >> i agree with that. ft. hood is a 125,000 related employees, soldiers and civilians related to...

>> well, yeah. the lady that spoke earlier is right. there are procedures that have to be followed by the army, and they do a very good job of it, but everything takes some time. i think general millie is going to come on some time now and give us a full report. >> have you been involved in discussion since the last shooting at ft. hood about base security, particularly at ft. hood and exactly what the procedures should be at the gates? >> i've had briefings on it by the staff at ft. hood and the facilities at ft. hood. one of the things that makes what we call the great place the great place,...