"I don't want to go into the hearings half-cocked, so it will be a while before we have hearings, " Burton said.

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His worries stem not from zombie movies or half-cocked reality TV shows, but in the birth of his son amidst the chaos of his hometown of Los Angeles.

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On the whole, Brooks goes off half-cocked.

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