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NEWS ABOUT: Pat Tillman

Pat Tillman stories: 10 news summaries

McChrystal Lied About Tillman's Death: Krakauer

New book draws attention to general's role in cover-up

Nov 2, 09 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - A new book is dredging up some uncomfortable history for Stanley McChrystal at an inconvenient time. Just as the general's credibility is on the line in Afghanistan, Jon Krakauer’s paints McChrystal as the central figure in the cover-up of Pat Tillman’s friendly fire death. McChrystal says he made... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Pat Tillman • Stanley McChrystal • Jon Krakauer

 It's a Busy Fall for Books 

Dave Eggers, Philip Roth, Jon Krakauer have new titles out

Sep 4, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hoping to salvage a miserable year, publishers are flooding the fall season with more hot tickets than normal. Some samples, from the Wall Street Journal:
  • Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol, Sept. 1: The next in a series from the Da Vinci Code writer.
  • Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist,
... More »

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Jonathan Lethem • Pat Tillman • publishing • Jonathan Safran Foer • Dave Eggers • Vladimir Nabokov • Dan Brown • The Lost Symbol • books • Jon Krakauer • Maurice Sendak

(Newser) - Thirty years after Yankees captain Thurman Munson died in a plane crash, the New York Daily News looks back at athletes "gone too soon": Roberto Clemente (Dec. 31, 1972): His plane went down while trying to deliver supplies to Nicaragua earthquake victims. Search parties never found Clemente's body.... More »

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Pat Tillman • athlete • death • plane crash • Dale Earnhardt Sr. • accident

Tillman Parents No Fans of New Afghan General

Blame McChrystal for covering up NFL star's death; call for vetting

May 13, 09 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pat Tillman's parents say Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal helped cover up the circumstances of their son's death and they want his record carefully considered before he takes charge of the Afghan war, the AP reports. McChrystal approved a citation for Tillman stating he was killed "in the line of... More »

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Afghanistan • Pat Tillman • Mary Tillman • US military • friendly fire • cover up • Stanley McChrystal • Jay-ZTV

Wire Service's Objectivity Under Scrutiny

AP staffer's 'breezy' email to Rove
opens can of worms

Jul 15, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Deep in a House report on the circumstances of Pat Tillman's death is a juicy detail that has the chattering classes in a lather: the text of a 2004 email in which an AP reporter tells Karl Rove to “keep up the fight.” Coming on the heels of... More »

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Karl Rove • Pat Tillman • Associated Press • Ron Fournier

Rumsfeld Denies Role in Tillman Cover-Up

On Hill, ex-Pentagon chief rejects personal responsibility

Aug 1, 07 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Donald Rumsfeld took no responsibility today for the bungled handling of the reporting and investigation of Pat Tillman’s death, saying he always stressed honesty at the Pentagon. Before a House committee, the ex-defense secretary denied allegations he was involved in the military plot to claim the ex-NFL star was... More »

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Afghanistan • Pentagon • Pat Tillman • Donald Rumsfeld • Henry Waxman • oversight • Department of Defense • Army Rangers

General Censured in Tillman Death

Chief misled probe after friendly fire
cut down ex-NFL star

Aug 1, 07 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A retired three-star general has been censured for a "perfect storm of mistakes, misjudgments and a failure of leadership" following the friendly-fire death of ex-NFL star Pat Tillman, the AP reports. Lt. Gen. Philip Kensinger misled investigators probing Tillman's death, which was initially said to be the result of... More »

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Afghanistan • Pentagon • Pat Tillman • Arizona Cardinals • Pete Geren • Army Rangers • Philip Kensinger

General Faces Demotion in Tillman Probe

Six other officers will draw career-ending punishments

Jul 26, 07 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A retired three-star general who allegedly misled investigators about the death of former NFL player Pat Tillman in Afghanistan could be stripped of his stars and part of his pension, Pentagon officials told CNN. Retired Lt. Gen. Phillip Kensinger told inspectors he didn't know the Green Beret was killed by... More »

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Afghanistan • Bush administration • Taliban • Pentagon • Pat Tillman • White House • US military • House of Representatives • oversight • Phillip Kensinger • Green Beret

Brother Decries 'Calculated Lies'
On Pat's Death

Kevin Tillman, Jessica Lynch testify on military myth-making

Apr 24, 07 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The military created an "utter fiction" around Pat Tillman's friendly-fire death, the brother of the former NFL star told a congressional panel today. The Army used his death as an opportunity to bolster support for the war, Kevin Tillman said, calling early reports that Pat had been killed in... More »

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Pat Tillman • Democratic Congress • Jessica Lynch • Congressional hearings • friendly fire • Kevin TIllman • US Army

Tillman's Mom Wants Hearings On Cover-Up

"This was an attempt to dupe the public and to promote this war."

Mar 28, 07 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congress should investigate the Army's cover-up of Pat Tillman's friendly-fire death, his mother told ESPN Radio yesterday. A military inquiry concluded Monday that nine high-ranking military officials would face "corrective action," not criminal charges, for their role in claiming Tillman was killed by enemy fire long after they... More »

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Iraq • Congress • military • terrorism • Pat Tillman • Mary Tillman • Arizona Cardinals • friendly fire • war • US Army

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