'Only took them 6 years’: Purple Hearts to be awarded to Fort Hood victims this week

Late last year, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law. Among the items in the NDAA was Texas Sen. John Cornyn’s measure to award Purple Hearts to those wounded or killed when Nidal Hasan opened fire at Fort Hood in 2009. The attack had originally been deemed “workplace violence” instead of a terrorist attack.

Defense of Freedom Medals and Purple Hearts will be awarded this week:

Fort Hood to award Purple Hearts, Defense of Freedom medals to victims of 2009 shooting at a ceremony this Friday. 47 medals in all.

— Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) April 6, 2015

UPDATE: 47 medals to be awarded during Purple Heart and Defense of Freedom Medal Ceremony @FORTHOOD for victims & families of 2009 tragedy.

— Nick Delgado (@Mr_NixNetwork) April 6, 2015

What took so long?

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