Fort Hood Officers to be Guests at the State of the Union
EmailFrom Sunlen Miller Two of the First Lady’s guests for the President’s State of the Union address tomorrow night will be Sgts. Kimberly Munley and Mark Todd, the White House confirms. Fort Hood police officers Munley and Todd were both credited with stopping the Fort Hood rampage in November, exchanging gunfire with Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. Munley was shot several times and underwent knee replacement surgery this month, just released from the hospital last week. Appearing jointly on the Oprah Winfrey Show on November 11, the officers recalled their work that day. “I just relied back on my training,” Sergeant Todd said. “We’re trained to shoot until there is no longer a threat. And once he was laying down on his back, his weapon just fell into his hand and I’m, like, ‘O.K., now’s the time to rush him and secure him.’ ” “There were many people outside pointing to where this individual was apparently located,” Munley said. “When I got out of my vehicle and ran up the hill, that’s when it started getting bad and we started encountering fire.” The White House will make the full list of the First Lady’s other guests available tomorrow, in advance of the president’s 9 p.m. speech. -Sunlen Miller
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Yep.. lets make the best of this terrorist attack and get some photos
Posted by: another crisis, another photo-op | January 26, 2010, 12:15 pm 12:15 pm
I hope they stand up and shout down the Idiot-in-Chief whose policies of political correctness allowed the massacre to happen.
Posted by: Barney | January 26, 2010, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm
They are real heroes.
Too bad they are props in Obama’s latest fake populism scheme.
Posted by: kyle | January 26, 2010, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm
While not an annual tradition, it is a common practice to honor American heroes during the State of the Union. And it would take a pretty delusional nut to say these guys don’t deserve some level of thanks, even for “just” doing their jobs. There’s not enough time to thank all who deserve it, but that doesn’t mean you can’t catch some.
Posted by: jhw539 | January 26, 2010, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm
Maybe he’ll give them a “shout-out” before he starts the speech… that’s what he did the first time they were in the news…
Posted by: jana | January 26, 2010, 12:25 pm 12:25 pm
I struggle to say anything good about Obama.
He hoodwinked an entire nation if not the world into believing he wasn’t a typical politician.
The two cops that stopped a terrorist slaughter deserved to be recognized a long time ago and in a big way.
Not as a brief applause line at the SOTU.
Would they be there if Scott Brown lost in MA?
Posted by: ollie | January 26, 2010, 12:27 pm 12:27 pm
Has Obama ever called Hasan a terrorist?
I know he referred to the Detroit bomber as a Nigerian student.
To Munley and Todd–you are heroes.
Posted by: hank | January 26, 2010, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm
Too many lies, too many empty promises.
I believe every decision Obama makes is based on how it will benefit him.
It’s people like Todd and Munley that restore my faith and give me hope.
Real hope–not that “hope and change” BS
from Obama.
Posted by: kandy | January 26, 2010, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm
Hank- check it out. Obama was taken the word terrorist out. He will not use that word anymore. What bunch of Bull! We also now have to use the word “Man-Made Disater” instead of TErrorism! That is what homeland security has said to call it! Political Correctness is going to be the biggest downfall in this country! What am I saying, it has caused so many terrible things right now!
Posted by: Ted | January 26, 2010, 1:57 pm 1:57 pm
Thank God for these brave police officers. It’s just an unbelievable TRAVESTY that our own military are forbidden by law to carry firearms on base, and had to call 911 for help…pathetic.
Posted by: cindy | January 26, 2010, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm
Both the Fort Hood killing on Nov.5 09, and London bombing in 2004 involved home grown Muslim terrorists. How come it took only a few second for P.M. Tony Blair to recognize what happened in London was a terrorist attack, while it took 73 days for Obama’s White house to recognize the Fort Hood incident was a terrorist attack.
Posted by: austin | January 26, 2010, 2:31 pm 2:31 pm
How come it took only a few second for P.M. Tony Blair to recognize what happened in London was a terrorist attack
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Could it be because there were coordinated explosions all over London?
Posted by: tierra | January 26, 2010, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm
What am I saying,
Posted by: Ted
I don’t know, do you?
Posted by: TJ | January 26, 2010, 3:10 pm 3:10 pm