Sen. McCain asked Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal about Pat Tillman’s Silver Star, that it was fratricide… C-SPAN has the confirmation hearings live. On Tillman:
“I also sent a message informing my chain of command that we believed it was fratricide… We sent a Silver Star that was not well written… I will tell you now that I didn’t review the citation well enough to capture, or I didn’t catch, that if you read it you can imply that it was not friendly fire… If I had it to do all over again, and we subsequently changed Army policy after this, because the intent on awards at that time was to do the award rapidly so that it could be presented to the family at the memorial service for their comfort. …It is better to take your time, make sure you get everything right with the award and not rush it. … were entirely well intentioned on my part and everyone forward that I saw was trying to do the right thing, It still produced confusion at a tragic time and I’m very sorry for that.” – Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal
McCain also asked McChrystal, who is to be the International Security Assistance Fore Afghanistan Commander, if confirmed, whether the Army Field Manual provides enough of the tools needed for interrogation. McCrhystal’s answer was simply: yes.
Confirm him, I agree.
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