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Washington Post
October 16, 2008
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The Navy is once again reviewing the long-running case of Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, the fighter pilot shot down during the 1991 Persian Gulf War and listed as "missing/captured," U.S. officials said Wednesday.
Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter ordered the new review after receiving a report from the Defense Intelligence Agency, which tracks prisoners of war and service members missing in action, said Lt. Sean Robertson, a Navy spokesman. Robertson declined to say what the recent report concluded. But another U.S. official said it found "no new evidence" that Speicher is alive.
The finding could mean that Speicher will finally be declared killed in action, though the official also noted that exhaustive efforts have failed to find any remains of the Navy pilot.
October 16, 2008
Pg. 6
The Navy is once again reviewing the long-running case of Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, the fighter pilot shot down during the 1991 Persian Gulf War and listed as "missing/captured," U.S. officials said Wednesday.
Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter ordered the new review after receiving a report from the Defense Intelligence Agency, which tracks prisoners of war and service members missing in action, said Lt. Sean Robertson, a Navy spokesman. Robertson declined to say what the recent report concluded. But another U.S. official said it found "no new evidence" that Speicher is alive.
The finding could mean that Speicher will finally be declared killed in action, though the official also noted that exhaustive efforts have failed to find any remains of the Navy pilot.