Peter King: Homegrown Terrorism a Big Concern on Military Bases

Although Wednesday’s shooting at Fort Hood is not thought to have been terrorist-related, Rep. Peter King says homegrown terrorism is a major concern among U.S. military personnel.

King, a New York Republican, and former Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, held joint hearings on the previous shooting at the Texas military base, which left 13 people dead in 2009. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was sentenced to death in August 2013 for that attack.

Hasan had been in communication with Muslim extremists leading up to the shootings.

Appearing Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren,” King said the 2010 hearing brought out concerns that there are members of the military who have violent tendencies and terrorist inclinations and are not being removed.

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