31.  The Navy spokesman said the IG audit should have no affect on its attempts to shift the dollars.

32.  The ROV is by far the gentlest and the least likely to cause further damage to the object, said Navy spokesman Walker.

33.  The USS Carl Vinson recently entered the Indian Ocean from the Pacific enroute to the Persian Gulf, said Navy spokesman Lt.j.g. Joe Walker.

34.  Tindal declined, through a Navy spokesman Friday night, to comment on the matter.

35.  Other activists may be in the restricted area, but the firing range itself is free of protesters, Navy spokesman Lt. Corey Barker said before the exercises began.

36.  A Canadian navy spokesman, Lt. Cmdr. Mike Considine, said the U.S. help is welcome.

37.  A Canadian navy spokesman, Lt. Commander Mike Considine, said the help is welcome.

38.  A navy spokesman said the operation was becoming too risky for the divers, nearly three months after the Kursk went down in the Barents Sea.

39.  A Navy spokesman, Capt. Mike John, said Friday that Navy air traffic controllers warned the fighter pilots that a civilian plane was in the area.

40.  A Navy spokesman, Jon Yoshishige, said the report contains facts, opinions, recommendations, evidentiary enclosures and a complete transcript of the inquiry.