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Article: A shadow cast on a career.(Front)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 24, 2006
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Byline: DALE EISMAN
WASHINGTON -- BY DALE EISMAN
THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
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 ...