Rumsfeld on star soldier's death

August 01, 2007

Former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said he took no part in a cover-up of a friendly fire death of US football star. Pat Tillman became a patriotic symbol in the United States when he gave up a multimillion National Football League career to join the Army after the Sept. 11, attacks in 2001. Tillman died on April 22, 2004, in Afghanistan from what the Army initially said was enemy fire.