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Trump privately backing off public execution after advisors left out key detail: report

President Donald Trump and his team are discussing whether to drop a plan to broadcast the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, after Trump reportedly learned privately that the Fort Hood shooter is paralyzed from the waist down, CNN reported . According to two sources, Trump hadn’t known about Hasan’s condition. Hasan was shot by law enforcement…

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Archbishop rebukes Pete Hegseth for putting troops 'in the same boat with terroristsThe head of Catholic ministry to the U.S. military is objecting to plans to broadcast the execution of Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan and is advising Catholic soldiers not to take part in it, Politico reported on Monday. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the public execution plan last week, which triggered widespread controversy, as it would be…

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Vance skeptical execution will be livestreamed, says he won’t watch if it isSeveral Republican lawmakers also decried Pete Hegseth's plan to allow the public to watch a firing squad execute Nidal Hasan. FCC Chairperson Brendan Carr said he'd defer to Hegseth.

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