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In this undated family photo, Amy Krueger is shown. Amy Krueger was one of 13 people killed in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Family Photo via Sheboygan Press)

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Fort victims had... In this undated family photo, Amy Krueger is shown. Amy Krueger was one of 13 people killed in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Family Photo via Sheboygan Press)
Brother: Shootin... This 2000 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Perry says he's ... Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, left, looks on as Texas Gov. Rick Perry, at podium, pauses during his statement to the media after visiting with victims from Thursday's mass shooting at Fort Hood, in front of Scott & White hospital, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Temple, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Suspect told 'Th... This 2003 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan in his graduation photo when he completed his M.D. degree. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Navy ship built ... Port Authority Sgt. Christopher Bergman, center, a 9/11 first responder who lost friends in the attack, looks on as the USS New York, a Navy amphibious assault ship containing 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center, gets formally commissioned in New York Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. The $1 billion warship was built near New Orleans by workers who survived Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Obama asks House... President Barack Obama walks to the Cannon Caucus Room with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to meet with House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Some fear backla... Graphic shows the number of active duty U.S. soldiers of the Islam faith as of Aug. 2009; includes other faiths and Islam faith by U.S. military branch
Officer describe... Jeremiah Thomas, of Waco, Texas, rubs his face while holding a sign outside the front gate of the Army base at Fort Hood, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Ground broken fo... Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, right rear, and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, left rear, lead the ground breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa. From foreground left, are Campbell Peterson, and Peyton Peterson, grandsons of Flight 93 passengers Donald Peterson and Jean Hoadley Peterson, and Sarah Wainio, sister of Flight 93 passenger Honor Elizabeth Wainio. Plans are for the memorial to be dedicated on Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Alleged Ohio ser... Anthony Sowell, right, stands behind public defender Kathleen DeMetz during his court appearance Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Cleveland. Sowell, 50, has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder and held without bond after 10 bodies were discovered in his home over the past few days. Sowell was ordered held without bond. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Office shooting ... Jason Rodriguez makes his first appearance before Circuit Judge Walter Komanski at the Orange County Jail, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Orlando, Fla. The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is "very mentally ill" and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said Saturday. Rodriguez, 40, was ordered held without bail at the Orange County Jail, where he is under suicide watch after Friday's shooting. (AP Photo/Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Pool)
Killings remain ... FILE -- In a March 9, 2004, file photo convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad stands as he is sentenced to death for the shooting of Dean Meyers at the Prince William County Circuit Court in Manassas, Va. Forty-eight-year-old John Allen Muhammad is set to die by lethal injection in a Virginia prison Nov. 10,2009, seven years after he and his teenage accomplice terrorized the area in and around the nation's capital. (AP Photo/Steve Helber/file)
Ida spurs tropic... Graphic tracks the projected path of Tropical Storm Ida
Another attack l... Muslim Community Center Imam Sheik Mohamed Abdullahi poses for a photo in Silver Spring, Md., on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The suspected gunman at Fort Hood, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, attended the mosque when he lived in the area. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Laura Skelding)
Ida returns to t... This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at 3:45 a.m. EST shows clear skies over much of the East as a high pressure system continues to dominate the area, bringing dry conditions. A mass of clouds east of the Yucatan Peninsula is associated with Tropical Depression Ida. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
After immigrant ... FILE - In this file photo of Jan. 28, 2009, Nicholas Hausch appears in court in Riverhead, N.Y. where he and six other Long Island teenagers are accused in the stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero. Hausch pleaded guilty Thursday, Nov. 2, 2009 to gang assault and hate crime charges. The agreement requires him to testify against the six other defendants. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, Pool. File)
Stepfather convi... Royce Clyde Zeigler II, left, enters the 10th District Court in Galveston, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Zeigler is accused of killing Riley Ann Sawyers, whose unidentified body was dubbed "Baby Grace" when found in a plastic container in Galveston Bay. (AP Photo/Jennifer Reynolds, Pool)
Crowds roar, con... New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, right, and teammate Francisco Cervelli wave from a float during a ticker-tape parade along Broadway celebrating their 27th World Series championship on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
Texas sect man g... Raymond Jessop, left, the first man to face criminal charges following the raid of a polygamist sect's West Texas ranch in April, 2008, is seen outside the courtroom during a recess in his trial in Eldorado, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. He could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison if convicted of sexual assault of a child, a charge stemming from his alleged marriage to an underage girl. His father, Merril Jessop, is in the background. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)
Former HP CEO Fi... FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2008, file photo Carly Fiorina, former chairwoman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co. speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. After months of speculation but few public appearances, Fiorina was expected to announce her plans Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, for the U.S. Senate seat held by liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer of California. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
GOP rides wave o... Republican Chris Christie, right,with his wife, Mary Pat, at his side addresses his supporters after beating incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine to become the next governor of New Jersey, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 in Parsippany, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
Ship built with ... The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, passes the World Trade Center construction site as it arrives Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Imam pleads not ... Queens imam Ahmad Afzali arrives at Brooklyn federal court, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in New York. Afzali is scheduled to be arraigned on charges he lied to FBI agents investigating an Afghan immigrant who was later charged with plotting a bomb attack in New York City. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
Union: No progre... This undated photo released by the Cleveland Police Department shows Anthony E. Sowell. Police in Cleveland have arrested Sowell, a convicted rapist after they found as many as six bodies at his house. (AP Photo/Cleveland Police Department)
Ranks of million... FILE - In this March 22, 2009 file photo, Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger, delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Columbia University Global Center in Amman, Jordan. A record 23 presidents received more than $1 million in total compensation in fiscal 2008, according to an analysis of the most recently available data published Monday by the Chronicle of Higher Education. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud, File)