All U.S. flags should be flown at half-staff when such a directive is issued by the President, a state's Governor, or the District of Columbia's Mayor.

According to the White House website, President Obama issued a proclamation acknowledging the Ft. Hood tragedy and declaring that all flags flown on government or public property should be displayed at half-staff from November 6th, 2009, until sunset Tuesday (November 11th, 2009).

I personally would recommend that all private citizens follow the appropriate flag regulations when displaying the United States flag, and if I were flying a flag in the past week, I would've flown it at half-staff.
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Sources:
-http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/faq.htm#q80
-http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/11/06/half-staff-0

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