CNN – The U.S. Navy submarine accident that killed one sailor and injured 24 others occurred when the vessel — traveling at high speed — hit an undersea mountain head-on.
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Daily Archives: January 11, 2005
US Marines – U.S. Marines Aid Tsunami-Battered Towns
Washington Post – The Marines have landed in both Indonesia and Sri Lanka, finally, to give aid.
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US Navy – Battle begins over carrier Kennedy
Virginian Pilot – Key members of Virginia’s congressional delegation, including the powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, lined up Wednesday to thwart Pentagon plans to retire one of the Navy’s 12 aircraft carriers.
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Iraq – Rumsfeld's Legacy: The Iraq Syndrome?
Washington Post – Professor Lawrence Freedman on how just as Vietnam became McNamara’s War, Iraq has become Rumsfeld’s War.
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