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Article: FOLLOW-UP INQUIRY DISCUSSED, OFFICIALS SAY THE COLE INVESTIGATION TENSIONS MOUNT AS INQUIRY ENDS OFFICIALS SAY REPORTS ON BOMBING DO NOT EXAMINE CLOSELY WHETHER THOSE ABOVE COLE'S SKIPPER BEAR ANY RESPONSIBILITY.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- January 5, 2001
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Byline: DALE EISMAN THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
WASHINGTON -- There is growing concern among senior Navy leaders that the actions of U.S. commanders assigned to supervise and support the destroyer Cole and other ships visiting the Middle East have largely escaped scrutiny in a pair of soon-to-be-released reports on the Cole's Oct. 12 bombing, according to Navy and Pentagon officials.
Though both reports apparently remain subject to revisions this weekend, the officials said neither closely examines questions about whether anyone above the Cole on the chain of command should share responsibility for apparent gaps in the ship's knowledge of and preparation for ...