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Former Maine House speaker John Richardson dies

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FILE - This undated file image provided by the U.S. Navy shows Rear Adm. Jeffrey Harley, president of the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I. On Monday, June 10, 2019, the Navy said Harley has been reassigned pending the outcome of an inspector general investigation. The administrative reassignment comes days after The Associated Press reported on the investigation amid allegations that he spent excessively, abused his hiring authority and otherwise behaved inappropriately. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

AP Interview: Navy’s top admiral discusses war college probe

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson delivers a speech during the International Maritime Security Conference on the sidelines of the International Maritime Defense Exhibition in Singapore, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

Admiral: US hasn’t stepped up sea patrols to confront China

By ANNABELLE LIANG - Associated Press

This undated image released by Knopf shows John Richardson, historian and author &quot;A Life of Picasso&quot; a multivolume series on Pablo Picasso. Richardson died Tuesday morning, March 12, 2019, at his Manhattan home. He was 95. (Jason Wyche/Knopf via AP)

John Richardson, critic and Picasso biographer, dies at 95

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Chief of U.S. Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson talks to reporters on regional security issues in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The U.S. Navy’s top officer says he urged China to follow international rules at sea to avoid confrontations and insisted that ships should be able to pass safely though disputed areas of the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

Top US Navy officer urges China to avoid confrontations

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Adm. John Richardson, left, chief of naval operations, greets Rear Adm. Jeffrey Harley, president of the U.S. Naval War College, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Newport, R.I. U.S. Navy leaders are in Rhode Island to strategize with scholars about how technology and innovation will affect the nation's security. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott)

US Navy leaders looking to light ‘a fire in our gut’

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

A picture taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 shows, a U.S. F-18 fighter jet, left, land on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as a U.S. destroyer sells on alongside during fly exercises in the Persian Gulf. The Carrier sailed from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Iranian navy lies low in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. military unsure why

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Damaged part of USS Fitzgerald is seen at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo Sunday, June 18, 2017. Navy divers found a number of sailors' bodies Sunday aboard the stricken USS Fitzgerald that collided with a container ship in the busy sea off Japan, but a spokeswoman said not all seven missing had been accounted for. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Navy’s deadly accidents a result of budget issues, and culture with no quick fix

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo, the damaged port aft hull of the USS John S. McCain, is visible while docked at Singapore's Changi naval base in Singapore. U.S. Navy leaders are recommending a sweeping list of changes in sailor training, crew requirements and safety procedures to address systemic problems across the Pacific fleet that led to two deadly ship collisions earlier this year, killing 17 sailors. A report scheduled to be released Nov. 2, calls for about 60 recommended improvements that range from improved training on seamanship, navigation and the use of ship equipment to more basic changes to increase sleep and stress management for sailors. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Collision worries prompt Navy review of all staff, ships

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017 file photo, the damaged port aft hull of the USS John S. McCain is visible while docked at Singapore's Changi naval base in Singapore. The U.S. Navy said in a statement Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, that the Navy has relieved of duties the commander and executive officer of the USS John S. McCain, which collided with an oil tanker near Singapore in August. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Navy’s top officer takes responsibility for series of deadly sea collisions

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Senate Armed Services committee chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, comforts Victor Sibayan, of Chula Vista, Calif., whose son, Navy FC1(SW) Carlos Sibayan, 23, died in the USS Fitzgerald collision, after a hearing on recent Navy incidents, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Family of killed sailors hear Navy describe strain on force

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

US Navy leader considers unmanned vehicles to increase power

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

The USS John S. McCain was damaged on its portside during a collision with an oil tanker in the Pacific on Monday in Southeast Asian waters. Ten American sailors are lost at sea. A top U.S. Navy official hasn't yet ruled out that the collision was intentional. (Associated Press)

John Richardson: USS John S. McCain, oil tanker collision may have been intentional

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

US Navy wants larger, better fleet, says cost not determined

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

In this Sept. 15, 2016, file photo, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Navy scraps plan to dump job titles amid sailors’ complaints

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

American Navy sailors are detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 13. (Associated Press)

Navy commander surrendered to Iran to protect Obama’s nuclear deal

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This frame grab from video taken on January 12, 2016, by the Iranian state-run IRIB News Agency shows the detention of U.S. Navy sailors by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Persian Gulf. (IRIB News Agency via Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. sailors violated Navy codes of conduct while detained by Iranian forces

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Philippine Foreign Affairs spokesperson Charles Jose touches his forehead as he answers questions from reporters in suburban Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, June 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Ruling on South China Sea claim threatens to increase U.S., China tensions

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this image released by the U.S. Navy, a Russian SU-24 jet makes a close-range and low altitude pass near the USS Donald Cook on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in the Baltic Sea. The Russian attack planes buzzed the U.S. Navy destroyer multiple times on Monday and Tuesday, at one point coming so close, an estimated 30 feet, that they created wakes in the water around the ship, a U.S. official said Wednesday, April 13. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Russian aggression brings tension with U.S. to boiling point

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A war planner at the Pentagon said Islamic State fighters are losing land and are restricted in maneuvers on the battlefield as coalition precision airstrikes destroy vehicles, locations and munitions. (U.S. Navy)

U.S. air power remaining in Persian Gulf to stabilize region: Naval chief

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times