# Vance unsure whether Pentagon will livestream prisoner’s execution, but says he won’t watch

https://mins.news/en/item/93808

- CBC News, 2026-10-09 20:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/vance-reaction-pentagon-execution-livestream-hegseth-9.7376261?cmp=rss

> U.S. Vice-President JD Vance said Friday he does not know whether the Pentagon will proceed with a plan to livestream the firing-squad execution of the former U.S. Army psychiatrist convicted in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting. The plan has drawn broad condemnation.

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