President Donald Trump has approved the use of a firing squad for the execution of Nidal Hasan who was convicted in the 2009 massacre at Fort Hood in Texas.
Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, will be executed by firing squad, a decision Hegseth called a 'no-brainer' while speaking aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
In April, Trump administration added death by firing squad to list of permissible federal execution methods for most serious federal crimes.