Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican and former presidential candidate, called last week’s shooting at Fort Hood “an act of terror” during a speech at the University of Louisville Wednesday morning.

He called for swift disclosure of questionable behavior at military bases. Twelve soldiers and one civilian were killed in a shooting rampage at the Texas base last week, and the suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was shot and wounded.

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is may sound a little harsh, but I think we ought to make sure that political correctness never impedes national security,” McCain said at the University of Louisville, where he was speaking at an event honoring U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. “There were signs this individual had some very disturbing behavior patterns that should have been alerted to the proper authorities.”

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