Often teetering on failure during his medical training, Nidal Hasan hit a particularly rough patch in 2007 when his Army superior cited him for unprofessional behavior, inappropriately discussing religion, underperforming in his residency program and being too fat. Yet the same supervisor who meticulously ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: An occasional look at the Obama effect in the capital and beyond By KIMBERLY HEFLING Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Ford had newborn twins and a husband severely wounded in Afghanistan when she got the offer to move into a group home on the campus of Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Living with other families made ...

The carnage at Fort Hood military base, where a Muslim army doctor is accused of killing 13 people in a shooting spree, was a ticking time-bomb that could explode again, observers said. "There's a lot more of this out there, potentially. Anyone coming back from war with PTSD could do the same thing," said Matthis Chiroux, a former US ...