Bush: DoD will find the truth in Tillman death ("can't recall")

[TomInTib]

Bush can't recall on Tillman By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer

President Bush said Thursday he can't recall when he learned that Army Ranger Pat Tillman died by friendly fire, not at the hands of the enemy in Afghanistan, as the Pentagon originally claimed.

"I can't give you the precise moment, but obviously the minute I heard that the facts that most people believed were true were not true, that I expect there to be a full investigation and get to the bottom of it," Bush said in response to a question at a news conference.

His comments came as congressional Democrats press an investigation to determine what the White House and top Defense Department officials knew about the circumstances of Tillman's death on April 22, 2004, and when. Though Tillman's direct superiors knew almost immediately that his death was friendly fire, the truth was kept from the public and Tillman's family for five weeks.

Tillman's death attracted attention because he had turned down an NFL contract to join the military after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

"I can understand why Pat Tillman's family, you know, has got significant emotions. A man they loved and respected was killed while he was serving his country," Bush said.

"I always admired the fact that a person who was relatively comfortable in life would be willing to take off one uniform and put on another to defend America, and the best way to honor that commitment of his is to find out the truth, and I'm confident the Defense Department wants to find out the truth too and will lay it out for the Tillman family," Bush said.

more:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070809/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_tillman

[EFerrari]

1. Sure.

:sarcasm:

[hyphenate]

2. Yeah, sure

Just like when he said anyone involved in exposing Valerie Plame would be made to pay for it. Uh, huh. Fuck you, too, idiot Bush.

[Babsbrain]

3. Yoo-hoo, shit-for-brains....

There WAS an investigation. We KNOW the truth. You can cut the crap, already. RESIGN.

[sutz12]

4. Bush: "I will find my asshole eventually."

Says he has been confused recently by several local holes in the ground.

[Mandate My Ass]

5. Oh really? The DoD will lay out the truth. They planned it beforehand

that's why nobody will say when they remembered hearing it. They didn't hear it - they ordered it. Then they tried to placate the family with bright shiny silver objects and a neocon fantasy story about Pat storming the enemy stronghold single-handedly.

[Richard Steele]

6. Yeah, while he's invoking "executive privilege" to block investigation. That makes sense.

:silly:

[malaise]

10. Bush's actions always contradict his

foolish words.

[Fridays Child]

7. Bush's words come could have come from an alien who was pretending to comprehend human sympathy.

"I can understand why Pat Tillman's family, you know, has got significant emotions. A man they loved and respected was killed while he was serving his country."

Bush is a textbook sociopath.

[Wilber_Stool]

8. DoD did find the truth.

Several of them.

[Virginia Dare]

9. Everybody at the Pentagon is suffering from amnesia too asshole..

how convenient for all of you...:eyes: Go on vacation already, you're wasting oxygen.