Source: Ex-DoD official to head Hood review

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Source: Ex-DoD official to head Hood review
By Eileen Sullivan and Lolita C. Baldor - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 21:42:30 EST

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tapped a former senior defense official to lead a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings, The Associated Press has learned.

Gates will announce Thursday that it will be a single, coordinated review, and will call for a quick, short-term report, followed by a longer, more extensive study, according to an administration official.

Components of the wide-ranging probe could include self-examinations by the Army and the military’s medical community, and likely look at personnel policies and the availability of mental health services for troubled troops.

It would go well beyond the specific case of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 in the shootings at the Texas military post on Nov. 5.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because announcements have not yet been made. The identity of the former official leading the review was not revealed.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/11/ap_hood_investigation_111809/