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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys - Washington

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning of Gobble and Waddle in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt''s son Niko looks at the National Thanksgiving Turkey Waddle in the briefing room before the Pardoning ceremony by President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt''s son Niko looks at the National Thanksgiving Turkey Waddle in the briefing room before the Pardoning ceremony by President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt''s son Niko looks at the National Thanksgiving Turkey Waddle in the briefing room before the Pardoning ceremony by President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

News photographers take pictures of the National Thanksgiving Turkey Waddle in the briefing room before the Pardoning ceremony by President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt''s son Niko looks at the National Thanksgiving Turkey Waddle in the briefing room before the Pardoning ceremony by President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt''s son Niko looks at the National Thanksgiving Turkey Waddle in the briefing room before the Pardoning ceremony by President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

News photographers take pictures of the National Thanksgiving Turkey Waddle in the briefing room before the Pardoning ceremony by President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt with her son Niko look at the National Thanksgiving Turkey Waddle in the briefing room before the Pardoning ceremony by President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

News photographers take pictures of the National Thanksgiving Turkey Waddle in the briefing room before the Pardoning ceremony by President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

News photographers take pictures of the National Thanksgiving Turkey Waddle in the briefing room before the Pardoning ceremony by President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

Donald Trump welcomes Christmas Tree - Washington

News photographers take pictures of the National Thanksgiving Turkey Waddle in the briefing room before the Pardoning ceremony by President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on November 25, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Ducks Waddle Neatly Along Yellow Line on Guangdong Road

A video captured a group of ducks waddling neatly in a row along the yellow center line of a road in Guangdong on August 23. Chinese viewers laughed at the orderly group, noting the ducks seemed to know the safest path was right in the center.

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Ivanka Trump At Carbone Beach Restaurant - Miami

Ivanka Trump At Carbone Beach Restaurant - Miami

Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, Ali Zalaznick, Jeff Zalaznick, Ivanka Trump at Carbone Beach restaurant in Miami, FL, USA on May 2, 2024. Photo by Seth Browarnik/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ivanka Trump At Carbone Beach Restaurant - Miami

Ivanka Trump At Carbone Beach Restaurant - Miami

Jaylen Waddle, Jeff Zalaznick, Ivanka Trump at Carbone Beach restaurant in Miami, FL, USA on May 2, 2024. Photo by Seth Browarnik/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ivanka Trump At Carbone Beach Restaurant - Miami

Ivanka Trump At Carbone Beach Restaurant - Miami

Jaylen Waddle, Jeff Zalaznick, Ivanka Trump at Carbone Beach restaurant in Miami, FL, USA on May 2, 2024. Photo by Seth Browarnik/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-U.S. sub captain speaks on collision anniversary

Ex-U.S. sub captain speaks on collision anniversary

CARY, United States - Scott Waddle, a former captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville that was involved in a collision with the Japanese fisheries school boat Ehime Maru, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Cary, North Carolina, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Feb. 9, 2001, collision off Hawaii killed nine people on the Ehime Maru -- four middle school students, two teachers and three crew members.

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Former skipper of nuke sub still seeking for forgiveness

Former skipper of nuke sub still seeking for forgiveness

SEATTLE, United States - Retired Navy Cmdr. Scott Waddle, captain of the 6,080-ton U.S. Navy nuclear submarine that struck and sunk the Japanese fishery school training vessel Ehime Maru off Hawaii five years ago, speaks with Kyodo News in Seattle on Feb. 9. He said he is still haunted by the memory of the accident and his sorrow and remorse for what the victims and their family suffered has never been faded.

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Ex-U.S. sub skipper Waddle leaves Japan

Ex-U.S. sub skipper Waddle leaves Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Scott Waddle, former captain of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, leaves Narita airport for home Dec. 17. He was in Japan to apologize for the 2001 fatal collision off Hawaii between the sub and a high school fisheries training ship.

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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.

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Waddle leaves Ehime Prefecture for Tokyo

Waddle leaves Ehime Prefecture for Tokyo

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Scott Waddle, former skipper of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, arrives at Matsuyama Airport in Ehime Prefecture on Dec. 16 to board a plane bound for Tokyo. Waddle visited Uwajima in the prefecture on Dec. 15 to apologize to some of the surviving victims of last year's fatal collision off Hawaii between the sub and the Uwajima Fisheries High School's training ship Ehime Maru.

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Waddle speaks to reporters through tears

Waddle speaks to reporters through tears

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Scott Waddle, former skipper of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, speaks to reporters through tears at a hotel in Matsuyama on Dec. 15 after offering flowers at a memorial in Uwajima for the nine people who died in last year's fatal collision off Hawaii between the sub and the Ehime Maru, a Japanese high school fisheries training ship.

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Waddle offers flowers at memorial in Uwajima

Waddle offers flowers at memorial in Uwajima

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Scott Waddle, former skipper of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, visits Uwajima Fisheries High School in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Dec. 15. He offered a wreath of flowers at a memorial for the victims of last year's fatal collision off Hawaii between the sub and the high school fisheries training ship Ehime Maru.

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Greeneville's Waddle arrives in Uwajima

Greeneville's Waddle arrives in Uwajima

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Scott Waddle, former skipper of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, arrived at Matsuyama airport on Dec. 15 en route to the city of Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. He plans to lay flowers at a memorial at Uwajima Fisheries High School for nine Japanese victims of a 2001 collision between the sub and the high school fisheries training ship Ehime Maru. His lawyer said Waddle will be staying in Japan until Dec. 17.

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Greeneville's Waddle arrives in Japan to apologize

Greeneville's Waddle arrives in Japan to apologize

NARITA, Japan - Scott Waddle, former skipper of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, arrives at Narita airport on Dec. 14 to apologize to Japanese who lost their relatives in a 2001 collision between the sub and the high school fisheries training ship Ehime Maru.

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Ex-U.S. sub captain apologizes to Ehime Maru accident victims

Ex-U.S. sub captain apologizes to Ehime Maru accident victims

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Local media on Dec. 12 received a faxed letter from the former skipper of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, retired Cmdr. Scott Waddle (file photo), apologizing to victims of last year's fatal collision off Hawaii between the sub and the Japanese high school fisheries training ship Ehime Maru. Ehime Gov. Moriyuki Kato also received a letter from Waddle earlier this month.

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Relatives unsatisfied with Waddle testimony, want punishment

Relatives unsatisfied with Waddle testimony, want punishment

HONOLULU, United States - Relatives of the nine Japanese lost at sea in the Feb. 9 sinking of the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru by a U.S. submarine speak to reporters at the U.S. naval base in Oahu, Hawaii, on March 20 after the Navy's Court of Inquiry ended its last session. They expressed dissatisfaction with testimony by Cmdr. Scott Waddle, captain of the USS Greeneville, which sank the Ehime Maru in a collision.

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Waddle takes stand in surprise move

Waddle takes stand in surprise move

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle, former captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville, walks to the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry on Oahu Island, Hawaii, on March 20. Waddle, acting against the advice of his counsel, testified on the collision of the sub with the Japanese ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii last month, accepting full responsibility for the accident but also blaming his crew for not following his orders.

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Waddle unlikely to testify at Court of Inquiry

Waddle unlikely to testify at Court of Inquiry

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle (3rd from L), the former captain of the nuclear-powered attack submarine that collided with a Japanese fisheries training boat Feb. 9, makes comments before a group of reporters in Hawaii before attending U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry proceedings on March 19. His defense lawyer, Charles Gittins said earlier in the day Waddle will probably not testify before the Court of Inquiry because it is unlikely he will be granted testimonial immunity.

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Letter given to Waddle who apologizes to kin of missing Japanese

Letter given to Waddle who apologizes to kin of missing Japanese

HONOLULU, United States - The photo shows a letter written by the wife of a missing teacher and handed to Cmdr. Scott Waddle, former captain of the U.S. Navy submarine that collided with and sank a Japanese fisheries training ship Feb. 9. Waddle on March 16 directly apologized to relatives of some of the nine missing Japanese including Naoko Nakata, 36, wife of Jun Nakata, a 33-year-old high school teacher. The letter said, ''I am unable to recover myself from the disaster and unable to accept your apology...My husband who was to share joy and sorrow of life with me is gone forever.'' It asks Waddle to tell the truth and explain why the accident happened at the Navy's ongoing Court of Inquiry.

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Waddle won't submit written testimony: lawyer

Waddle won't submit written testimony: lawyer

HONOLULU, United States - A lawyer for former Greeneville captain Cmdr. Scott Waddle (R) on March 18 denies his client will submit written testimony to the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry investigating the sub's fatal collision with the Ehime Maru, despite a statement by the Japanese Consulate General in Honolulu indicating he would. ''Cmdr. Waddle has no written testimony,'' Charles Gittins said in an e-mail message to Kyodo News. File photo shows Waddle chatting with Gittins after attending the first day of the court of inquiry on March 5.

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Wife of sub commander says his career is over

Wife of sub commander says his career is over

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle (L), captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville which sank a Japanese training ship off Hawaii on Feb. 9, and his wife, Jill, leave the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry at Pearl Harbor on March 9. In an interview with ABC television, Jill said her husband realizes his career in the Navy is ''over'' as a result of the accident.

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Court of Inquiry ends 4th day of proceedings

Court of Inquiry ends 4th day of proceedings

HONOLULU, United States - The U.S. submarine Greeneville'a captain, Cmdr. Scott Waddle (C), his wife Jill (R) and defense counsel Charles Gittins (L) leave the Navy's Court of Inquiry at the end of the fourth day of proceedings March 8. Rear Adm. Charles Griffiths, who conducted the Navy's preliminary probe into the Feb. 9 accident, said that while Waddle may be ultimately responsible for the accident he did not appear to be ''criminally negligent.''

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Sub captain directly apologizes to relatives

Sub captain directly apologizes to relatives

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle, captain of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, is pictured March 8 after he directly apologized for the first time to relatives of the nine Japanese who went missing in last month's collision between the sub and the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii. Waddle privately made the apology outside the courtroom of the Navy's Court of Inquiry in Honolulu after the fourth day of the inquiry into the accident concluded.

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Ehime Maru captain dissatisfied with Waddle's written apology

Ehime Maru captain dissatisfied with Waddle's written apology

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows a letter of apology recently sent from Cmdr. Scott Waddle, captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville, to Hisao Onishi, captain of the Ehime Maru, in Hiroshima, western Japan. After releasing the contents of the letter, Onishi expressed dissatisfaction March 9 over the letter, saying, ''I wanted (Waddle) to write about his own responsibility.''

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Navy inquiry enters 2nd day

Navy inquiry enters 2nd day

HONOLULU, United States - Scott Waddle and his wife Jill leave the U.S. Navy court of inquiry at Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii on March 6.

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