After college, Dorner joined the Navy, receiving a commission as an ensign in July 2002.

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Dorner joined the Navy after college, receiving a commission as an ensign in July 2002.

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Mr. Ginman was commissioned as an Ensign in the Supply Corps, United States Navy in 1970 and retired as a Rear Admiral in 2000.

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Ensign has admitted having an affair with Cindy Hampton, a campaign aide and the wife of Ensign's former chief of staff, Doug Hampton.

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With strong ties to the state's all-important gaming industry, Ensign knocked off an incumbent Democratic congressman in 1994, and he has been a reliably loyal member of the Republican Revolution ever since.

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So far it does not seem to be working, because Mr Ensign is on the whole fairly moderate: he avoids talk of an enormous tax cut, for instance, preferring to cut the national debt.

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Ensign resigned his Senate seat May 3 after revelations that he had an affair with a female aide who was married to another top aide and that his parents subsequently gave money to the aides' family.

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An ethics committee official said Friday that neither a vote nor a public hearing had been scheduled in the Ensign investigation prior to his announcement.

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