3:28 EST – Networks begin to cut away.
3:24 EST – President Obama pays final honors to the dead.
3:22 EST – Rifle salute and the playing of “Taps.”
3:19 EST – Roll Call and blessing of the dead.
3:14 EST – Army Chaplain Michael Lembke reads from the bible and makes remarks.
3:10 EST – A soldier sings “Amazing Grace.”
3:03 – 3:09 EST – Obama: “No faith justifies” Hasan’s actions. Obama: “America always on the side of liberty and equality.” Obama: “This generation has proved itself.” Obama: “God bless the memory of those we have lost.” No mention of the words “terror” or “Islam” by President Obama.
2:58 – 3:02 EST – The President talks about each person killed in the “tragedy.” Photos of each person killed is displayed on screen as the President talks.
2:55 EST – Obama is introduced. Some in crowd “woo” again as if at a campaign rally. Obama: “We are at war.” Obama: Calls incident “tragedy” not terror. Obama: “[America] could not exist without the sacrifice of these 13 Americans.”
2:49 – 2:54 EST – Army Chief of Staff General George Casey is introduced. Casey: murders a “kick in the gut.” No mention of the word “terror” by either Casey or Cone.
2:45 – 2:48 EST – Fort Hood Commander Robert Cone takes the stage. Cone: “The dead leave behind 19 children.” Cone: “545 soldiers from Fort Hood have fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan.” Cone: “community answered the call.”
2:44 EST - An army chaplain reads the first names of the dead.
2:40 EST – President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk on stage. Some in crowd inappropriately yell “woo” upon seeing the President.
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