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Waxman wants Tillman documents |
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By Jeremy Jacobs
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Posted: 04/27/07 04:20 PM [ET] |
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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) on Friday asked the White House and the Pentagon for documents that could shed light on when the Bush administration learned of the friendly fire death of former NFL star Pat Tillman. Waxman, who held a hearing this week on misinformation from the battlefield that focused on Tillman, seeks to find out “why the Tillman family and the American public were misled about the cause of death of Army Corporal Patrick Tillman.” At the hearing, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) referenced a memo from General Stanley McChrystal to high-ranking military officials that said Tillman may have been killed by friendly fire. Waxman calls on the administration to provide all documents about Tillman generated or received by the White House and several Pentagon offices and staff. Democrats hope that the documents will reveal whether President Bush knew the true nature of Tillman’s death before he talked about the NFL star-turned-Army Ranger at the 2004 White House Correspondents Dinner. Earlier this week, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said “there’s no indication that the General McChyrstal memo ever made its way to the White House.” |
