The shooting victims of Major Nidal Hasan's Islamic-inspired rampage at Fort Hood in 2009 are finally getting their just due. A change in the Defense Reauthorization Act that was signed by President Obama in December makes those killed or injured as a result of domestic terrorist attack eligible for receiving the Purple Heart.  Previously, the Pentagon had denied these men and women the decoration due to military policy that only recognized those wounded in a war zone for the decoration. Secretary of the Army John McHugh said Friday he approved awarding the Purple Heart and its civilian counterpart, the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom, to victims of the Nov. 5, 2009, shooting at Fort Hood, following the change in the medals’ eligibility criteria mandated by Congress. Thirteen people were killed and more than 30 wounded in the attack by Nidal Hasan, who was convicted in August 2013, of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of...(Read Full Post)