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
include comments about corporate illnessheroism disapprove civil stand-alone
speech is currently being prepared notknowing the specific surrounding his
deathuh... so obviously the objective of that
before was to get those specifics thethe fact that they might have been a
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
as friendly firei'm not sure i dotalk directly to the termhaving their direct relationship with
the president and knowing that it wasspecifically for the fee for that in
factthere was a concern that the president
might make a statement about theconditions surrounding that event why
didn't you take it upon yourself to makesure the white house was informedi did not take it upon myself toinform the white house directlynor did i ever when i was in command one
something would come upin our normal meetings with the
president of a have free phoneconversation bookby using communicated through chairman
or directly with sector and that's thecase evil into some immediacy in a memo
like that indicated the president mightbein a position taken embarrassing
statement unless he was one otherwisefull wellfirst of all i received the message latewhich is clearly problem within my own
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
you notify the white house is about thepossibility the crop of films was killed
by his own unit at what you saw thatmetal sir i didand why didn't you do that knowing that
there was some media sees the situationyeah first of all in a message on the
before i was an infrared dressing whichis a not the primary dressed you know if
i can do everything i understand thegeneral of the state just above the
reason he didn't do it because you werealso on the memo schemas as expected
thatyou do somethingthat was my ill placenow i i don't think anybody would expect
me who will call the person on statesbased on a comment made on an intro
message where i was unemployed dressywith jeremiah was at that time you with
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
tell you that there are some thingsby the way that uh... circulate and
public affairs channelswillthat they could be like that but but i
was aware of that julia staff therewould have been in that loopthe public affairs at www more public
affairs officer meals and uh... captainfacts organd i do remember talking to him aboutthe potential of fat decided to say we
are the cautious here if we if we makeany comments we just got a very well in
mind in who would that person'scontacted the white house p i well i
don't know i think he would not benormally he would not routinely ever
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
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. Specialist Patrick Tillman's brother Kevin Tillman gives opening remarks.
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 gives opening remarks.
CSTV's Going West road crew stops by Arizona State and checks out Tillman Tunnel, named for ASU alum and hero Pat Tillman. For more exclusive college football news, log on to www.goingwestfootball.com
"... I don't think they are very honorable people. I know they were lying. I mean, and I think that -- you know, like, you know, Pat and I are talking about, you know, we feel that there could have been something else that happened to Pat but -- I mean, we can't prove it. Every bit of evidence has been destroyed. ... Rumsfeld, Abizaid, Myers and Brown collectively said, 'I don't know, I don't recall, I don't remember' about 82 times and no one on that panel pressed them. No one did their research. Neither faction of that committee." -- Pat Tillman's mother Mary on Larry King Live
Check it out: http://www.tillmanstory.com/
Not the only ones hungry for justice at http://www.michaelmoore.com
ESPN Nov 2009 - Marie Tillman, the wife of former Arizona cardinal and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, speaks for the first time since her husband's death from friendly fire.
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. Elijah Cummings questions witnesses.
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. Rep. Danny Davis questions Specialist Patrick Tillman's mother Mary Tillman about what senior military officials knew and when they knew it.
The 8th Annual Pat's Run took place in Tempe, AZ on April 21, 2012 with more than 28,000 walkers and runners participating to honor the legacy of Pat Tillman. Proceeds from Pat's Run benefit the Tillman Military Scholars program. More than 30 current Tillman Military Scholars attended Pat's Run this year and helped produce this video to say thank you to participants, sponsors and volunteers.
Marie Tillman discusses her experience at CGI U and as advocate and founder of the Pat Tillman Foundation, a nonprofit organization that invests in veterans and their families through education and community. In the fall of 2008, she began a major initiative, the Tillman Military Scholars program, which aims to create the next generation of leaders by helping a select group of veterans, active service members, and their dependents fulfill their academic dreams.
Video production courtesy Triton TV /
Through remarks and conversation with Tillman Military Scholars from the Harvard community, Marie shared her own story, and offered insight on how to translate moments of personal tragedy, adversity, and reflection into catalysts for positive social change.
Tiffany, Chrissy and Jack all ran in the 8th annual Pat's Run in Tempe, AZ. Then Bryce and Mason ran their hearts out in the Kid's Run shortly after. After a quick pit stop at home we were back out for some more fun. Bryce and his little league team joined hundreds of other little leaguers as they walked around the field at Chase Field. Then we watched as the Arizona Diamondbacks lost to the Atlanta Braves for the third straight night. And lastly I head to my brother's house for some dinner and fun but find myself in a little trouble.
Day 21 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix8oNJb0n4c
Day 23 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fShQaj58vMA
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