Hearing on Tillman Fratricide: Tierney’s Questions
The Oversight Committee holds a hearing, “The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew.” The hearing is part of an ongoing investigation and follows a previous hearing held in April. Witnesses will include former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Former Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. John P. Abizaid (Retired), Former Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (Retired), Former Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command Gen. Bryan Douglas Brown (Retired). Gen. Kensinger has been served with a subpoena, but has not been able to be located over the past several days and will not appear. Rep. John Tierney questions witnesses on why nobody informed the White House that it was likely a case of fratricide.
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congress the president had statesand the secretary of the army might
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deathuh... so obviously the objective of that
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fratricidal investigation going on tothe appropriate people at the white
housegenera of his aideyou were the primary addressee on on the
memoand i think it was common did not
uncommon for the president of directedconversations with a combatant
commanders such as yourselfso we start with you did you take any
steps to alert the white house becausepurple till his death was the suspected
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the president and knowing that it wasspecifically for the fee for that in
factthere was a concern that the president
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headquartersuh... when i received the message laid
out talked of chairman i also saw thattwo other addressgeneral brown and the armyand after having talked to the chairmanit became clear to me that the chairman
knew about it and i presumenow that the information flowed in
washington through army channelsas i might have expectedthose assumptions wereobviously incorrectover general brown what about you did
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the chairman joint chiefs of staffyou are the principal military adviser
to the president of the nationalsecurity council the secretary of
defensecould you advise the president or anyone
at the white housethat there was a fratricide
investigationburning out and i have not seen the
before all i know that there waspotential for fratricide there is an
investigation ongoingi do not recall and from a surviving
talk to anybody at the white house aboutthemdelivering your stafftalk to him at the white house i can
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public affairs channelswillthat they could be like that but but i
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mind in who would that person'scontacted the white house p i well i
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talk to the white house he would talk totheir services uh... public affairs
officer steven also talkedthrough the office occurred census
public-affairs folks that he would notbe coming out i can imagine ever talking
to the white housepuzzles on some kind of conference call
where he was includedthe secular so let me ask you the same
questions at the close is our duty toadvise the president or anyone at the
white housethat there was evidence a cook summer
was killed by friendly fire at any timei don't recalluh... clearlyit would be logical that that i would
have or someone in my office would haveafter he theinformation became readily available and
the family was notified and it becamesubject of interest then one would want
to make sure that the white house wasaware of it and there were daily calls
back and forth between the nationalsecurity council in the office
generalizing in one point it was fairlycommon knowledge around it so itthat point of time hu yar office of the
secretary's office would have hadthe kind of contact with the national
security council staff of the whitehouseriviera subject like that there are
multiple contacts each day and theywould happen through themilitary assistance there would have
interested in this instance thathappened to the public affairsgeneral meyers and i would meet with the
president at least once a weekponds setting aside and just a second
placeand and and it would just completed a
fraudin addition we were in national security
council meetings in principle committeesmeetings on a regular basis during the
week probably five times a weeku_s_ italian value general myers you
have any recollection of either of youjoannetelling anybody so who on your staffwho would you suggest we talked to on
your step that might have had contactwith the white house on itconservatively recorder i'd just don't
know of other than response to youraddress to the kinds of contact stricter
place on a regular basisi agree i i would notice through the
secondary although they decide that's aregular basis i don't knowbothers multiple people that are subjectyou know but on the subject i would know
that the security year suspect kidswhitethe chemistry right
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The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield." The hearing focuses on the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture and rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq. The Committee examines why inaccurate accounts of these two incidents were disseminated, the sources and motivations for the accounts, and whether the appropriate Administration officials have been held accountable. Chairman Henry Waxman questions Specialist Patrick Tillman's mother Mary Tillman about the callous response she received from some in response to her persistence in getting the truth about her son's death.
At his confirmation hearing Tuesday, Lt. Gen Stanley McChrystal told the Senate Armed Services Committee that mistakes were made in the military's handling of the accidental shooting death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman. (June 2)
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The Oversight Committee holds a hearing, "The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew." The hearing is part of an ongoing investigation and follows a previous hearing held in April. Witnesses will include former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Former Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. John P. Abizaid (Retired), Former Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (Retired), Former Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command Gen. Bryan Douglas Brown (Retired). Gen. Kensinger has been served with a subpoena, but has not been able to be located over the past several days and will not appear. Chairman Waxman questions witnesses on a memo he received early on indicating that it was likely a case of fratricide.
Prior to joining ESPN in June 1999, John covered Pat Tillman's college and football careers when he worked as a sports reporter and weekend sports anchor in Phoenix, AZ. In addition to his roles as SportsCenter anchor, Wipeout host, husband and dad -- John has added Team Tillman New York member to the list to help raise funds and create awareness for the Pat Tillman Foundation. All he has to do is run 26.2 miles -- can't be that hard right? Today he invites you to learn more about the efforts of Team Tillman New York. Donate at: http://www.active.com/donate/teamtillmannewyork10
On HBO's Inside the NFL, Peter King interviewed Denver QB Jake Plummer about the horrific treatment the Tillman family have received over Pat's death. There have been four investigations into what really happened to him and now a fifth one is getting close to being completed. How reprehensible has this been for the Tillman family? Pat is killed and they were repeatedly lied to. The family is not speaking out, but Plummer is. Good for him. Somebody has to.
For more on this, see:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/25/MNGD7ETMNM1.DTL
Kevin Tillman joined the Army with his brother Pat in 2002, and they served together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. Kevin, who was discharged in 2005, has written a powerful, must-read document.
See: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601019_after_pats_birthday/
The mother of former NFL player Pat Tillman said the military let him down when it misreported his death. Katie Couric says the military let us all down. (CBSNews.com)
