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A Navy SEAL candidate died Friday and another was hospitalized in San Diego after completing a training phase known as "Hell Week." Naval Special Warfare Command said in a statement that the cause of the SEAL candidate's death is currently unknown and is under investigation. The injured candidate is in stable condition at Naval Medical Center San Diego. The sailors, who were not named, were not "actively" training when they began suffering symptoms, according to the statement. NBC first reported on the incident. They began suffering symptoms "several hours" after the sailors' Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL (BUD/S) class had completed...

I very rarely post on Free Republic but I had to share this with all of you who have not seen it. I just received this in an email a few minutes ago: At a lecture the other day they were playing an old news video of Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the Reagan administration. It was 1987. There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third degree, but what he said was stunning. He was being drilled by a US Senator. "Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home...