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Their relationship was recently the subject of a Pentagon investigation when someone--apparently a Franks subordinate--complained anonymously that the general let his wife sit in on classified briefings and didn't pay adequately for her travels when she accompanied him on official trips. The probe recently concluded that she was present once when top-secret information was discussed--she holds only a secret clearance--but the investigation cleared Franks of the other allegations. "I've been on the plane and seen Cathy excuse herself many times when he was briefed on something above her classification," a Centcom officer says...
...commission chairman Thomas Kean has concluded that the $3 million allotted in legislation passed late last year is not nearly enough. He is expected to ask Congress for $12 million to $15 million. That's a fivefold increase, but still far less than the $50 million allotted for the probe of last month's space-shuttle catastrophe...
...brave travelers who lost their lives on the space shuttle Columbia doing what they loved best [COVER STORIES, Feb. 10]. May their sacrifice serve as a reminder that this country was pioneered by many brave explorers who had a zeal for looking beyond the horizon and the courage to probe the unknown. STEVE BUTLER Wakefield, Mass...
...injunction to stop official tampering with the site and are demanding that the mayor of Taegu resign. So far police have arrested seven people, including the alleged arsonist, the train conductor and five other subway staff. The Korean government has also set up a special task force to probe the disaster, pledging to "win the trust" of victims' families...
...cameras in the unmanned Ranger 6 moon probe were blinded during lift-off when plasma seeped into the booster. The failure of the mission caused a sensation at the time, and the space agency took measures to shield its camera systems. How could the new NASA get burned by such an old enemy? Two engineers who submitted reports to the nine-member crash investigation board told TIME last week they believe the problems may be more institutional than technical. With budgets tight, safety protocols may have been allowed to erode over time. When problems or anomalies were spotted, administrators...