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Oct 9, 2026

JD Vance casts doubt on Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood execution

Vice President JD Vance expressed skepticism about whether the Pentagon would proceed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's announced plan to livestream the December firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, saying he wouldn't watch if it happens.

Oct 9, 2026·6 sources

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▪Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the scheduled December 3, 2026 execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad would be publicly livestreamed
▪During his 2013 trial, Nidal Hasan stated he carried out the Fort Hood mass shooting in response to U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
▪If carried out, Nidal Hasan's execution will be the first U.S. military execution since Army Pvt. John Bennett was hanged in 1961 and the first by firing squad since Pvt. Eddie Slovik in 1945

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JD Vance1 Pentagon1 Pete Hegseth1 Trump administration1 U.S. domestic politics1

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