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Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens' Trainer, Brings 7-Years-Old Bloody Syringes And Vials To Congressional Hearing

Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens' Trainer, Brings 7-Years-Old Bloody Syringes And Vials To Congressional Hearing
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Congress's sweeping probe into performance enhancing drug use in baseball now seems more like a public feud between Roger Clemens and his ex-personal trainer Brian McNamee.

McNamee walked into the House's Rayburn office building this afternoon carrying seven-years old bloody syringes, vials and gauze pads. His lawyer's promised that this unseemly trash is the treasure proving his client truthfully accused Clemens of using steroids and human growth hormones.

McNamee presumably told Congressional investigators the same thing under oath this afternoon. Clemens responded by flying back to Washington today for an impromptu talk with House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., and ranking Republican Tom Davis, R-Va.

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