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The Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Tillman, Lynch incidents to be examined
By MARGARET TALEV
McClatchy Newspapers
Arp. 11, 2007

PAT TILLMAN WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats will revisit this month the combat death of pro football player Pat Tillman and the rescue of Pfc. Jessica Lynch in a hearing intended to hold the Bush administration accountable for misinformation about military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Both high-profile stories tapped Americans' sense of patriotism early in the war -- Tillman's death as an Army Ranger in Afghanistan in 2004 and the rescue of Lynch, of West Virginia, in Iraq in 2003 -- but the initial accounts from the Department of Defense differed substantially from what later proved to be the truth.

Tillman, who left the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL to sign up for the Army after the 9-11 attacks, was killed by friendly fire, not enemy fire. And the circumstances of Lynch's capture and rescue were quite different from the heroic cast hyped for her by the military at the outset.

Lynch is expected to testify April 24 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

So are Tillman's relatives, who've criticized the administration's handling of information surrounding his death. Defense Department officials will also be asked to appear.