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News Orgs Investigate Possibly Fatal McCain '64 Car Crash

For the past two months, a major American magazine and an allied news service have been engaged in a legal battle with the United States Navy over records that they believe show that John McCain once was involved in an automobile accident that injured or, perhaps, killed another individual.

Vet Advocates Fight for New G.I. Bill

It's a program that meant a college degree for millions who wouldn't previously have been able to afford one, and its advocates say the benefit helped make the "greatest generation" what it is today. But the World War II veterans who took advantage of the G.I. Bill of Rights to gain a college education got a lot more out of the deal than today's vets, say advocates and some key lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise

American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk - a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board. By the time it surfaced the 160ft Song Class diesel-electric attack submarine is understood to have sailed within viable range for launching torpedoes or missiles at the carrier.

US Defense Secretary warns new naval officers on civilian control of military

In a speech before the US Naval Academy s graduating class May 25, Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued pointed advice to the newly minted officers that they must respect the Constitution and not view the Congress and the media as their enemies.

Local Opponents have say on Navy's dolphin patrol plan

The Navy held a public meeting Wednesday evening to offer information and solicit feedback about a plan to use trained sea lions and dolphins to patrol the waters off Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor near Bremerton. The Navy recently began to study the environmental impacts of using the animals in Puget Sound, which, in the case of the dolphins, is outside their natural environment. An earlier article on this proposal is here. Puget Sound is home to the endangered Orca Whale (also a dolphin).

Britain heightens confrontation with Iran over detained sailors

The Blair government, backed by the Bush administration, yesterday stepped up diplomatic pressure for the release of 15 British sailors and marines detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRG) last Friday. In an already tense situation in the Persian Gulf, US aircraft carrier battle groups have held a major military exercise over the past two days, while British ministers in London called for Iran to be further diplomatically isolated.

Pentagon: Navy can keep using sonar

Bizarre ruling ... The Defense Department gave the Navy permission Tuesday to keep training with sonar for another two years, a move denounced by activists who say the sound waves can harm dolphins and other marine mammals.

Court halts Navy use of sonar over whale issue

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Navy on Monday from using active sonar during a major multinational exercise off Hawaii until it can negotiate with environmentalists who say the sonar would harm whales.

Navy to beef up presence in Asian waters

"It is clear to us the prosperity of (the) economy in the region depends on security," the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, said during a visit to Malaysia. The 500-mile Malacca Strait is a narrow, strategic channel linking Asia with the Middle East and Europe and carries some 50,000 vessels a year.

Mass whale deaths tied to U.S. Navy sonar

The U.S. Navy's deployment of active sonar to detect submarine activity is believed to have been responsible for at least six incidents of mass death and unusual behavior among pods of whales in the last 10 years, according to a recent U.S. Congressional Research Service report.