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9-22-2009 12:27 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f4ff9b83-4626-4a53-8bae-8cbe711deba9/C25EECE4-4F52-44CA-9A12-EDD550532E79/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://pod08.prospero.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=WBZ_Morning&entry=932" href="http://pod08.prospero.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=WBZ_Morning&entry=932" style="font-size: 11px;">pod08.prospero.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://pod08.prospero.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=WBZ_Morning&entry=932"><P>A local family is fighting their own battle with a US Navy. They were getting nowhere but now they have the help of a political heavyweight, Senator John Kerry. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://pod08.prospero.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=WBZ_Morning&entry=932"><P>Their daughter Petty Officer Caitlin Trask was shot to death in February. The man who pulled the trigger was her ex-boyfriend, also a sailor. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://pod08.prospero.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=WBZ_Morning&entry=932"><P>The Navy chose to let a civilian court handle the case. <A target="_blank" href="http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_264011208.html">The Trasks and Senator Kerry want the Navy to at least give the man who shot Caitlin Trask a dishonorable discharge. But the Navy is saying no</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://pod08.prospero.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=WBZ_Morning&entry=932">He eventually pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a civilian court and is serving ten years</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://pod08.prospero.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=WBZ_Morning&entry=932"><P>The Trasks wanted second degree murder. Now Senator Kerry says the least the Navy can do is give Mackie a dishonorable discharge. The Navy insists justice has been served. A spokesman says they took "other disciplinary action" against Mackie but because of privacy laws they can't say what that is</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C25EECE4-4F52-44CA-9A12-EDD550532E79/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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