U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Tommy Franks has appointed his deputy, a three-star Marine Corps officer, to lead the investigation into yesterday's training accident in Kuwait that killed six people. A Navy F/A-18C taking part in a close air support live-fire exercise dropped a 500-pound bomb too close to ground observers, killing six and wounding seven. Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. Craig Quigley told reporters today that Franks has asked Lt. Gen. Michael DeLong to investigate the accident. The Navy Hornet...
