Navy- Gulf War pilot taken by Iraq

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Navy on Friday declared Gulf War pilot Michael Scott Speicher was captured by Iraq, saying there's no evidence the officer is dead.

Two senators suggested there is new, classified evidence indicating Speicher is alive inside Iraq.

Speicher, of Kansas City, Mo., originally was declared dead after his F/A-18 was shot down the opening night of the Gulf War in 1991. But the military changed his status to missing in action a decade later, given the absence of evidence he was killed in the crash.