You write a lot about Pat Tillman, the late professional football player who died in Iraq.

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He meant Pat Tillman, the Arizona Cardinals football star who joined the Army Rangers and was killed in Afghanistan.

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Noah Johnson of Tempe, Arizona, where an annual charity run in honor of slain Army Ranger Pat Tillman is scheduled for Saturday.

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The problem was, at that time, was that Pat Tillman - and I write about this - was not willing to play their game.

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Combat Outpost Tillman, named after the NFL star and special forces soldier Pat Tillman who died in an infamous friendly fire incident, was one of those closed.

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McChrystal describes only briefly an incident that nearly ended his career years earlier: allegations of a cover-up involving the friendly fire incident that killed football-star-turned-Army Ranger Pat Tillman.

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If scholarships are it, call the Pat Tillman Foundation.

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But McChrystal, whose appointment is subject to Senate confirmation, came under scrutiny following the 2004 friendly fire death of Pat Tillman, who gave up a pro football career to serve in the Army, in Afghanistan.

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And as I write in the book, if you actually look at Pat Tillman's thoughts, you know, in terms of speaking with his parents and speaking with his friends, you see that he - like a lot of Americans - was somebody who was very gung ho about the war on terror early on.

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