U.S. Navy opposed ex-sub captain's Japan visit: lawyer

U.S. Navy opposed ex-sub captain's Japan visit: lawyer

TOKYO, Japan - Charles Gittins, the attorney of Scott Waddle, former skipper of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, attends a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16. He indicated that opposition from the U.S. Navy influenced the delay of Waddle's visit to Japan to apologize for the sub's fatal collision with a Japanese high school fisheries training ship in 2001. (Kyodo)

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