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Pentagon set to ramp up student vetting after Pensacola shooting

Foreign military students in the United States will face new restrictions after the shooting at a Florida naval base in December.
Saudi Arabia Defense Attache Major General Fawaz Al Fawaz and his Embassy staff and other officials arrive to meet with the Saudi students who remain restricted to the Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola base by their Saudi commanding officer, in Pensacola, Florida, U.S. December 9, 2019. Picture taken December 9, 2019.  FBI Jacksonville/Handout via REUTERS  THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC2ISD9IDSIC

The Pentagon will place new restrictions on foreign military students training in the United States after a Saudi aviation student killed three and wounded eight in a shooting at a naval air station in Pensacola, Florida, last month.

Changes include implementing a biometric identification system that will control on-base access for foreign students, and new restrictions on possessing firearms imposed by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, a senior defense official said today.

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