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  "id": 13203423,
  "title": "Vance unsure if Pentagon will livestream a prisoner's execution, but he won't be watching",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/vance-unsure-if-pentagon-will-livestream-a-prisoners-execution-but-he",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T20:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/vance-reaction-pentagon-execution-livestream-hegseth-9.7376261"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Friday he does not know whether the Pentagon will carry out its plan to livestream the execution by firing squad of the former U.S. Army psychiatrist convicted in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting, a plan that has drawn broad condemnation.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "FCC chief defers to Pentagon on airing US execution on TV networks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/fcc-chief-defers-to-pentagon-on-airing-us-execution-on-tv-networks",
        "published": "2026-10-09T17:42:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "FCC chief defers to Pentagon on airing US execution on TV networks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/fcc-chief-defers-to-pentagon-on-airing-us-execution-on-tv-networks-13174087",
        "published": "2026-10-09T17:45:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "The U.S. last held a public execution in the 1930s. The Pentagon wants to change that",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/the-u-s-last-held-a-public-execution-in-the-1930s-the-pentagon-wants",
        "published": "2026-10-09T18:55:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Today",
        "title": "Vance says he does not know if Pentagon will proceed with livestream of Fort Hood gunman's execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/vance-says-he-does-not-know-if-pentagon-will-proceed-with-livestream",
        "published": "2026-10-09T20:44:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}