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...pride and triumph. The vessel, one of the Russian navy's newest and most powerful cruise-missile submarines, was at periscope depth during the second day of a 30-ship exercise in the Barents Sea, about 90 miles northeast of Murmansk. These were the biggest Russian naval maneuvers in several years, and it was a rare opportunity for Lyachin to put his boat through its paces with a full-scale task force--so rare that five high-ranking Northern Fleet staff officers were aboard to observe the exercise...
...considered by Western experts to be fit to put to sea. One reason is that the bulk of Russia's dwindling defense budget goes to the army and air force to fight the war in Chechnya. That means little money for maintenance, and the result can be seen in naval bases all around Russia, where ships lie in rusting rows, crewed by unmotivated and often unpaid sailors...
...Philadelphia last week, as correspondents Viveca Novak and Michael Weisskopf investigated the big money behind the big party, writer-reporter Andrew Goldstein and reporter Mitch Frank got undercover assignments: infiltrating the many exclusive shindigs the G.O.P. was throwing. At one point, says Frank, "you had to drive to a naval base, get past two security checkpoints in order to sneak into a party in a giant warehouse." Says Goldstein: "Mitch and I were at a Texas-style BBQ party paid for by mining, gas and nuclear companies featuring tubs of Shiner Bock beer until a congressional aide tossed...
...views on U.S. investment in Iran. Says A.I.P.A.C. spokesman Ken Bricker: "Now is absolutely not the time to lift sanctions and appear to condone Tehran's totally unacceptable behavior." Many Cuban Americans oppose his idea for easing trade with Havana by setting up an enterprise zone on the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo--a position that goes well beyond anything Bush has proposed. Even so, Cheney knows that his stance plays well in corporate America. Telling Louisiana oilmen last fall that Gore's energy policy was "stupid," he said, "There's no better time to tell [our story] than campaign...
...Before 'Survivor' ever aired, the Naval Special Warfare Archives page www.navyfrogman.com reported that Rudy won the million-dollar prize on April 19, 2000." The evidence has presumably been removed, but this search does turn up the site...