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| − | '''Article X'''. FALSIFYING ACCOUNTS OF U.S. TROOP DEATHS AND INJURIES FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES
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| − | In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional
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| − | oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability,
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| − | preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional
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| − | duty under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution "to take care that the laws be faithfully executed",
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| − | has both personally and acting through his agents and subordinates, together with the Vice President,
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| − | promoted false propaganda stories about members of the United States military, including individuals
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| − | both dead and injured.
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| − | The White House and the Department of Defense (DOD) in 2004 promoted a false account of the death
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| − | of Specialist Pat Tillman, reporting that he had died in a hostile exchange, delaying release of the
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| − | information that he had died from friendly fire, shot in the forehead three times in a manner that led | |
| − | investigating doctors to believe he had been shot at close range.
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| − | A 2005 report by Brig. Gen. Gary M. Jones reported that in the days immediately following Specialist
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| − | Tillman's death, U.S. Army investigators were aware that Specialist Tillman was killed by friendly fire,
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| − | shot three times to the head, and that senior Army commanders, including Gen. John Abizaid, knew of
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| − | this fact within days of the shooting but nevertheless approved the awarding of the Silver Star, Purple
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| − | On April 24, 2007, Spc. Bryan O'Neal, the last soldier to see Specialist Pat Tillman alive, testified
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| − | before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that he was warned by superiors not
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| − | to divulge information that a fellow soldier killed Specialist Tillman, especially to the Tillman family.
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| − | The White House refused to provide requested documents to the committee, citing "executive branch | |
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| − | The White House and DOD in 2003 promoted a false account of the injury of Jessica Dawn Lynch,
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| − | reporting that she had been captured in a hostile exchange and had been dramatically rescued. On April
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| − | 2, 2003, the DOD released a video of the rescue and claimed that Lynch had stab and bullet wounds,
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| − | and that she had been slapped about on her hospital bed and interrogated. Iraqi doctors and nurses later
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| − | interviewed, including Dr. Harith Al-Houssona, a doctor in the Nasirya hospital, described Lynch's
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| − | injuries as "a broken arm, a broken thigh, and a dislocated ankle". According to Al-Houssona, there
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| − | was no sign of gunshot or stab wounds, and Lynch's injuries were consistent with those that would be
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| − | suffered in a car accident. Al-Houssona's claims were later confirmed in a U.S. Army report leaked on
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| − | July 10, 2003.
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| − | Lynch denied that she fought or was wounded fighting, telling Diane Sawyer that the Pentagon "used
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| − | me to symbolize all this stuff. It's wrong. I don't know why they filmed [my rescue] or why they say
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| − | these things.... I did not shoot, not a round, nothing. I went down praying to my knees. And that's the
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| − | last I remember." She reported excellent treatment in Iraq, and that one person in the hospital even sang
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| − | to her to help her feel at home.
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| − | On April 24, 2007 Lynch testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
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| − | "[Right after my capture], tales of great heroism were being told. My parent's home in Wirt County was
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| − | under siege of the media all repeating the story of the little girl Rambo from the hills who went down
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| − | fighting. It was not true.... I am still confused as to why they chose to lie."
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| − | The White House had heavily promoted the false story of Lynch's rescue, including in a speech by
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| − | President Bush on April 28, 2003. After the fiction was exposed, the president awarded Lynch the
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| − | Bronze Star.
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| − | In all of these actions and decisions, President George W. Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his
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| − | trust as President and Commander in Chief, and subversive of constitutional government, to the
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| − | prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
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| − | Wherefore, President George W. Bush, by such conduct, is guilty of an impeachable offense warranting
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| − | removal from office.
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