Iraq War Vets Urge NFL and Players Union ask for the Truth In Regards to Pat Tillmans Death

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Twenty U.S. military members who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan asked NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to help secure the release of all documents related to the death of Pat Tillman.

In a letter to Goodell and NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshaw, the veterans urged them to ask President Bush to release the documents.

"We know that the National Football League is not in the business of partisan politics, nor should it be," the veterans wrote Monday. "However, in this case ... the House committee requests were signed by both the Democratic chairman and Republican ranking member, so this is not a partisan witch-hunt, but merely a quest to get to the truth about the death of Pat Tillman.

"The league and the players association both owe the Tillman family their full support in the family's pursuit of the truth. Mary Tillman, Pat's mother, has been quite vocal about her desire to see all materials released regarding her son's death, and the family has gone as far as expending its own money on private investigations. At a time when former players increasingly say that the league and players association have not taken care of them, there would be no better way to send a signal that the league supports its own than by demanding the complete truth be told regarding a former player's death."