Beebe orders flags to lowered for Fort Hood deaths

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To mark the soldier shootings at Fort Hood in Texas, Gov. Mike Beebe has ordered U.S. and Arkansas flags be flown at half-staff until Veterans Day.

The Arkansas National Guard, which also lowered its flags, held a moment of silence at 1:34 p.m. Friday.

Beebe said that Arkansas soldiers have a long history with Fort Hood “and feel an especially deep loss.”

This article was published November 6, 2009 at 3:16 p.m.

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