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Article: Friendly-fire incident revived in nomination Pick for top commander in Afghanistan linked to case of ex-NFL player
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- May 27, 2009
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Thom Shanker The New York Times
International Herald Tribune
05-27-2009
Friendly-fire incident revived in nomination Pick for top commander in Afghanistan linked to case of ex-NFL player
Byline: Thom Shanker The New York Times
Edition: 3
Section: NEWS
WASHINGTON: --
One was an American football hero who roused the nation when he quit a high-paying job as star safety for the Arizona Cardinals to join the U.S. Army and become a Ranger after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The other is a three-star Special Operations general who has spent most of his career in the shadows, commanding secret counterterrorism missions carried out by the military's most elite capture-or-kill units.
But the lives ...
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