European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 26 2007 stars and stripes pages House votes to cancel closing of Walter Reed stars and stripes the House on Friday voted to keep Walter Reed army medical Center open despite military plans to close the facility by 2011 the Washington times reported saturday the times wrote that the Deci Sion Marks the first time con Gress has tried to reverse a Deci Sion made by the base realign ment and closure commission Congress and president Bush in 2005 approved the commissions recommendations in the Brac plan Walter Reeds functions would be taken Over by the National naval medi Cal Center in Bethesda which is scheduled to build a billion expansion and a new Dewitt Hospi Tal at fort Belvoir in Virginia but the future of the Amend ment is Uncertain the times re ported the Senate version of the funding Bill which passed the appropriations committee on thurs Day does not include a measure to keep Walter Reed open the president said Friday that he will veto the Bill if it reaches his desk because of its limits on the War in Iraq the paper quotes do Dele Gate Eleanor Holmes Norton a Democrat and the districts non voting representative As saying that the Burden would be on the Senate to include a similar Amend ment having gotten it in Over Here the Senate would be under huge pressure to explain Why Treyve taken it out Tillman probe to reveal missteps Dod investigation will say nine officers should be held accountable by Lolita c Baldor and Scott Lindlaw the associated press Washington nine officers including up to four generals should be held account Able for missteps in the aftermath of the Friendly fire death of army Ranger Pat Tillman a former us football Star accidentally killed by his comrades in Afghanistan a Pentagon investigation will recommend senior defense officials said Friday the de sense department inspector general will cite a Range of errors and inappropriate conduct As the military probed Tillmans death on the Battlefront in 2004 said one defense official the official who like the others requested anonymity because the army has not publicly released the information said it appears senior military leaders May not have had All the facts or worked hard enough to get the facts of what happened on april 22 2004 when Tillman was killed by members of his own Pla Toon a specialist at the time of his death he was posthumously promoted to Corporal Tillmans Case Drew worldwide attention in part because he had turned Down a Multi Mil lion Dollar contract to play defensive Back for the Arizona cardinals of the National football league in order to join the army rangers after the sept 112001 attacks dozens of soldiers those immediately around Tillman at the scene of the shooting his immediate superiors and High ranking officers at a command Post nearby knew within min utes or hours that his death was fratricide even so the army persisted in Telung Tillmans family he was killed in a convention photography plus Williamson stealth Media an inspector generals report on the aftermath of the Friendly fire death of army Ranger Pat Tillman will be released monday Al ambush including at his nationally Tele Vised memorial service 11 Days later it was five weeks before his family was told the truth a delay the army has blamed on proce Dural mistakes the latest investigation has focused on How High up the Chain of command it was known that Tillmans death was caused by his own comrades officers from the rank of colonel and up will be blamed in the report according to one officer who has been informed of the findings according to the officials the report will not make charges or suggest punishments but it will recommend the army look at hold ing the nine officers accountable one defense official said it appears the in Spector general will not conclude there was an orchestrated coverup in the investigation Tillmans father Pat said Friday he had no intention of commenting on the inspector generals report until he had heard an army Brief ing on monday that Day the army plans to release the report and a second related to the killing the other report is by the army criminal investigation command which will focus on whether a crime such As negligent homicide was committed when Tillmans own men shot him one defense official said it appears the investigation did not find any criminal intent in the shooting to Date the army has punished seven peo ple for the Tillman killing but no one was court articled four soldiers received relatively minor punishments under military Law ranging from written reprimands to expulsion from the rangers one had his pay reduced and was effectively forced out of the army the army which requested the inspector general review last year said in a statement released Friday that it plans to take appropriate actions after receiving the inspector Gener als report the officials declined to name any of the officers the report will implicate the commander of Tillmans 75th Ranger regiment was col James c Nixon last year he was named director of operations at the Center for Spe Cial operations at Macdill air Force base Fla the reports findings were first reported on Friday by lbs news democratic rep Mike Honda the Congress Man who represents the san Jose Region where Tillman grew up and where his parents live said he regretted that the family did not have the Chance to review the findings before they were leaked Best deals online  Satin cancelled As us changes ruling in Asbestos illness Case please ask about other destinations last minute booking of daily Sll daily Monfri Mot Seo daily Shuket daily i Usu Mon Frt daily Yokohama Shibuya Imoh Tanto jilt atm Only by Allison Batdorff and Hana Kusumoto stars and stripes Yokosuka naval base Japan plans for a Satin by Japa Nese workers at Yokosuka naval base were called off last week after the Navy acted on a contentious Asbestos related 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