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Oilman Colin McMillan, who was awaiting Senate confirmation as Navy secretary, died at his ranch from an apparent gunshot wound, and investigators said Friday it might have been self-inflicted. "All indications are it could be suicide, but we're not going to reach that conclusion until the investigation is over," said District Attorney Scot Key of Alamogordo. McMillan "had a recurrence of cancer," but "everybody thought he was recovered, recuperating quite well," Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., said Friday on the Senate floor. McMillan, 67, died around lunch time Thursday, and his body was found by two employees on his 55,000-acre Three...

July 25 (Bloomberg) -- Colin McMillan, nominated by President George W. Bush for U.S. Navy Secretary, died from a single gunshot wound investigators say might have been self-inflicted, the Associated Press reported today. District Attorney Scot Key of Alamogordo, New Mexico, said ``all indications are it could be suicide,'' AP reported. Key will wait until the investigation is over before deciding if it was, the wire service said. McMillan, who ran Permian Exploration Corp., was awaiting Senate confirmation as Navy secretary after being nominated by President Bush in May. Two employees found his body at his southern New Mexico ranch...

BC-APNewsAlert WASHINGTON (AP) -- Colin R. McMillan, nominated by President Bush to be Navy secretary, has died, Pentagon says. Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. MORE...