[tobyhill]

The promotion had to have been a part of Obama’s Muslim Outreach Program.

[mware]

Damn this guy got a full boat to medical school by the military and he paid them back by killing unarmed comrades.

[the anti-liberal]

I'm nor familiar with that program, but I suspect you may be right:

“In April 2008, Hasan was a participant in George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute task force that aimed at providing advice on security to the new administration.

The group met until January of this year and forwarded recommendations on to President Obama.”

Local psychiatrist ID'd as Fort Hood gunman worked at Walter Reed

[the anti-liberal]

More info here:

The gunman who killed 12 people today at Ft. Hood appears, based on current media reports, to be Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan who was listed as a participant in a Homeland Security Policy Institute's presidential transition task force last year.

The task force was not officially affiliated with the White House. It was a project of the Homeland Security Policy Institute, an independent thinktank housed at George Washington University, aimed at drafting policy recommendations for the incoming Obama administration.

According to the task force's May 2009 report [pdf], a "Nidal Hasan" from the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine was a task force event participant. Other participants included Senate and House staffers, Department of Homeland Security officials, Defense Department officials, and reporters for Politico, the Washington Post, and the London Times.

Nidal Hasan: Ft. Hood Shooter Participated in Homeland Security Disaster Preparation

[SatinDoll]

If such a thing exists, it probably originated during the Bush administration. That’s when the velvet glove approach to Muslims originated.