Members of Congress Demand Obama Administration Classify Ft. Hood Attack as an 'Act of Terrorism'

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Members of Congress Demand Obama Administration Classify Ft. Hood Attack as an 'Act of Terrorism'

By NED BERKOWITZ

Feb. 13, 2013

ABC News

In the wake of an ABC News story detailing claims by victims of the Fort Hood shooting that they have been neglected by the military and 'betrayed' by President Obama, the chair of the House Homeland Security Committee has sent a letter to his fellow members of Congress demanding that the Obama administration classify the attack as a terrorist act and provide full benefits to the victims and their families.

 

"It is time for the administration to recognize the Fort Hood shooting for what it is—an act of terrorism," wrote Rep. Michael McCaul, R.-Texas, in a letter cosigned by Rep. Frank Wolf, R.-Virginia. "To date, the Department of Defense and the Army classify this attack [as] 'workplace violence,'