I talked with Senator Roy Blunt's office last week about a proposal in the U.S. Senate to award benefits to the victims of the Fort Hood shooting. Apparently the proposal is still pending as a part of the 2014 Military Defense Authorization Act which is a part of the U.S. Budgeting process so I’m afraid the possibility of anything happening to such a proposal is extremely unlikely. And this is very sad. It is just another reason why political correctness is destroying our country. The awarding of benefits and/or Purple Hearts should never have been in question in this horrible tragedy. It was just after 1:00 p.m on November 5, 2009 when Nidal Hasan walked into the Soldiers' Readiness Processing Center, a large open gymnasium-like room at Fort Hood, Texas, and opened fire on his fellow soldiers, killing 13 of them and wounding 30 more. The dead included the following: Sgt. Justin M. DeCrow who was helping to train soldiers to help veterans file claim forms. He wa