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The decision follows a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell.","category":"Conflict & Security","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T01:05:32.116Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-06T00:39:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T01:05:32.116Z","readTime":"2 min read","scores":{"trust":62,"critic":52,"hype":30,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 62: multiple named officials (Trump, Hegseth, Parnell) and independent outlets corroborate the approval.","critic":"Critic 52: includes specific names and figures, but largely repeats press‑release language without analysis.","hype":"Hype 30: headline is vivid but body matches claim without exaggerated language."}},"tags":["#FortHood","#NidalHasan","#Trump","#FiringSquad","#USPolitics"],"entities":["Donald Trump","Nidal Hasan","Pete Hegseth","Sean Parnell","Fort Hood"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["President Trump approved a firing‑squad execution for Nidal Hasan","Hasan killed 13 people and wounded either 30 or 32 in the 2009 Fort Hood attack","Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the execution","Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced the approval"]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"President Donald Trump gave authorisation for a United States Army firing‑squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting. The Pentagon confirmed that the decision follows a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced the approval on Monday."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Fort Hood attack left 13 victims dead and resulted in a large number of injuries. The incident remains the deadliest assault on a domestic military installation in United States history. Hasan was sentenced to death in 2013 and this marks the first approved military execution since 1961."},{"type":"heading","text":"Discrepancy on number of wounded"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Daily Mail reported that 30 people were wounded in the Fort Hood shooting. All other eight sources, including the Washington Examiner, NewsNation and the New York Post, state that 32 people were wounded."},{"type":"pullquote","text":"\"Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended, and President Donald J. 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