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Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/13/2007 - 11:04pm.

House demands more documents in NFL player Pat Tillman's death.

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"Arizona Cardinals Safety Pat Tillman turned down a lucrative contract with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals to join the Army following the Sept. 11 attacks. He was killed April 22, 2004, by friendly fire in Afghanistan.."

"Although Pentagon investigators determined quickly that he was killed by his own troops, five weeks passed before the circumstances of his death were made public. During that time, the Army claimed he was killed by enemy fire.."

"Tillman's family and others have said they believe the erroneous information peddled by the Pentagon was part of a deliberate cover-up that might have reached all the way to President Bush and then-Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld.."

"lawmakers investigating how and when the Bush administration learned the circumstances of Pat Tillman's friendly-fire death and how those details were disclosed accused the White House and Pentagon of withholding key documents and renewed their demand for the material.."

"The White House and Defense Department have turned over nearly 10,000 pages of papers -- mostly press clippings -- but the White House cited "executive branch confidentiality interests" in refusing to provide other documents.."

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