Who Should Investigate Ft Hood? Obama? Congress?
Lawmakers are frustrated with what they view as a less-than-forthcoming administration. Read More...
Editor's Note: Is Obama correct? Should Congress hold off investigating this incident until the the feds and military law enforcement finish their investigation? Tampering with evidence, leaking information, jeopardizing the case -- I see these as concerns. But they are concerns with a White House led investigation and a Congressional investigation.
Obama urges Congress to put off Fort Hood probe
By PHILIP ELLIOTT (AP) – 11/15/09
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their probes into the shootings at the Texas Army post, which left 13 people dead.
Lawmakers, however, already have announced they want their own investigations and were frustrated with what they view as a less-than-forthcoming administration.
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