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US soldiers and their families attend a candle light vigil on November 6, 2009 at Fort Hood, one day after 13 people were killed in a bloody rampage.
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Vice President Biden at the Ft. Lewis Memorial

US President Barack Obama (L) and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, MD, November 10, 2009.
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US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at Robert Gray Army Air Feild at Fort Hood, TX, November 10, 2009.
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama exit Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. —–AP Photo/Cliff Owen

FORT HOOD, TX – NOVEMBER 10: Family members and friends arrive for the start of the memorial service that U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will attend for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage by U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan on November 10, 2009 in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan, an army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 30 in a shooting at the military base on November 5, 2009.
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FORT HOOD, TX – NOVEMBER 10: U.S. Army soldiers stand together as they pray during the memorial service that U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended in honor of the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage allegedly by U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan on November 10, 2009 in Fort Hood, Texas.
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FORT HOOD, TX – NOVEMBER 10: U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive for a memorial service for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage by U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan on November 10, 2009 in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan, an army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 30 in a shooting at the military base on November 5, 2009.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama and President Obama walk past the Fallen Hero Memorial at Fort Hood on November 10, 2009 during a service honoring the soldiers and civilians killed in a shooting rampage on November 5.
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FORT HOOD, TX – NOVEMBER 10: A women hugs a photograph of a person killed as she grieves during the memorial service that U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended in honor of the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage allegedly by U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan on November 10, 2009 in Fort Hood, Texas.
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US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pay their respects to the fallen soldiers and civilians at Ill Corps Headquarters at Fort Hood Army Base on November 10, 2009 during a memorial service for the soldiers and civilians killed in a shooting rampage on November 5.
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US President Barack Obama (R) and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive to address the Fort Hood community at III Corps Headquarters at Fort Hood Army Base in Texas, November 10, 2009 during a memorial service for the soldiers and civilians killed on November 5, 2009. Obama said no faith could justify the Fort Hood rampage, in an address Tuesday memorializing victims of the accused gunman, Major Nidal Hasan, a devout Muslim. “It may be hard to comprehend the twisted logic that led to this tragedy,” Obama said in remarks to be delivered at a memorial service after last week’s tragedy which were released by the White House.
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A fallen soldiers memorial is seen in front of the podium where the memorial service that US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will attend for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage by US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan on November 10, 2009 in Fort Hood, Texas.
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