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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Green Beret

Green Beret stories: 2 news summaries

Aiming to Right History, Group Sniffs Out Fake POWs 

Pretending to be war prisoner is legal, but vets say it dishonors the true heroes

Dec 23, 08 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - When Richard Cayton told a Texas newspaper about his harrowing escape from captors in Vietnam, former Navy SEAL Steve Robinson thought something smelled fishy. He ran some quick checks, and told the newspaper that it had been lied to—Cayton had never been a prisoner of war. Sniffing out such... More »

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veterans • fraud • Green Beret • Vietnam War • prisoner of war • Navy SEALs • Special Forces

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

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