Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Tailhook Ties Cost Officer Promotion

Navy Secretary John H. Dalton denied a Senate-approved promotion to a former commander of the Blue Angels who is now training for a mission to Bosnia. Though he originally sponsored the promotion, Dalton nixed it after a Senate committee had second thoughts. The committee changed its mind after learning of the officer’s attendance at the Tailhook aviators’ convention, where dozens of women were sexually harassed. Cmdr. Robert E. Stumpf was at Tailhook to receive an award for his strike-fighter squadron’s combat performance during the Persian Gulf War.