The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew

On Wednesday, August 1, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing to examine what senior Defense Department officials knew about U.S. Army Corporal Patrick Tillman’s death by fratricide. A preliminary transcript of this hearing is now available.

In April, the Committee held a hearing investigating the death of Cpl. Tillman.

The following witnesses testified:

• The Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense


• Gen. John P. Abizaid (Retired),
  Former Commander, U.S. Central Command


• Gen. Richard B. Myers (Retired),
  Former Chair, Joint Chiefs of Staff


• Gen. Bryan Douglas Brown (Retired),
  Former Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command


• Lt. Gen. Philip R. Kensinger, Jr. (Retired),
  Former Commander, U.S. Army Special Operations Command