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Trump announces Nidal Hasan execution 'will not be streamed'

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Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad "will not be streamed" -- reversing the controversial announcement by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the killing would be publicly broadcast.

Trump said that Hasan's execution will still take place as scheduled "by firing squad" -- even though it will not be livestreamed .

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