Article: Cole commander sees career stagnate after promotion stalls.

Byline: Dale Eisman

Apr. 24--WASHINGTON -- Five years after the Navy's top leaders concluded he had done all that could be expected to protect his ship and crew from a devastating attack, the former skipper of the Norfolk-based destroyer Cole is challenging the Senate and the service to revive his career. "I've waited long enough, " Cmdr. Kirk S. Lippold said in an interview. "My life has been on hold long enough." Lippold's leadership after suicide bombers blew a 40-foot hole in the side of his ship, killing 17 sailors, during a refueling stop in Aden, Yemen, on Oct. 12, 2000, was widely credited as critical to saving the Cole. Navy leaders, who have ...

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