Sen. Roberts Wants Formal Investigation of Missing Navy Pilot

By Dan Dupont / March 8, 2001 at 5:00 AM
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), a member of the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services committees, today requested a formal investigation of the case of Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Speicher, who was shot down during the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and presumed dead. In a letter of request to the intel committee, Roberts and Sens. Bob Smith (R-NH), James Inhofe (R-OK) and Mike DeWine (R-OH) note that the panel has been following the case for years, but the lawmakers believe a...

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