article_snippet.sent: Thirteen people were killed and 31 were injured in the 2009 attack carried out by an Army psychiatrist who is now on military death row.
article_snippet.sent: Hasan (pictured) was convicted by a military judge in 2013 in the killings, and John Cornyn recommended the death penalty .
article_snippet.sent: John Cornyn snapped: Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan opened fire on November 5, 2009, killing 13 men and women at the military post in Killeen, Texas, injuring 30 others before Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan was shot Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan .
article_snippet.sent: Many survivors are also seeking separate financial damages in a lawsuit, claiming the U.S. government should have known of Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan's extremist views.
article_snippet.sent: During Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan 2013 trial, Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan told jurors Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan had 'switched sides' in what Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan called America's war with Islam.
article_snippet.sent: Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan admitted beginning the rampage by pulling out a pistol and shouting 'Allahu akbar' (God is great) and said Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan wanted to stop American soldiers from being deployed to kill fellow Muslims.
article_snippet.sent: Military officials had long denied the Purple Heart awards because Military officials called the attack by Major Nidal Hasan an act of workplace violence, not terrorism.
article_snippet.sent: Cornyn and others have long condemned that classification, but Cornyn said changing the distinction could have jeopardized the case against Hasan, who was not charged with terrorism.
highlights_snippet.sent: Thirteen people were killed and 31 were injured in the 2009 attack carried out by an Army psychiatrist who is now on military death row .