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Government

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced that the president has made the following nominations: Air Force Gen. John W. Handy has been chosen for appointment to the grade of general with assignment as commander in chief of the U.S. Transportation Command and commander of the Air Mobility Command, both located at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Handy currently is serving as vice chief of staff of the Air Force in Washington, D.C.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert H. Foglesong has been named and assigned to replace Hardy as Air Force vice chief of staff. Foglesong now serves as deputy chief of staff for air and space operations, at Air Force headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles F. Wald has been appointed to the grade of lieutenant general and named to replace Foglesong as deputy chief of staff for Air and Space Operations. Wald is currently commander of the Ninth Air Force at the Air Combat Command and commander of the U.S. Central Command Air Forces at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.

Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael T. Moseley has been named lieutenant general and assigned commander of the Ninth Air Force and commander of the U.S. Central Command Air Forces. Moseley is now director of legislative liaison within the office of the Secretary of the Air Force in Washington, D.C.

Army Lt. Gen. Paul J. Kern has been nominated for, appointment to the grade of general with assignment as commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command in Alexandria, Va. Kern is now the military deputy and director at the Army Acquisition Corps within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology in Washington, D.C.

Army Lt. Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes has been assigned as director of the Army staff in Washington, D.C. Byrnes is now the deputy chief of staff for programs at Army headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory announced that Thomas Palmieri has been selected as the laboratory's chief financial officer and director of the business operations division. Palmieri is currently deputy chief financial officer at DOE.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Central Intelligence Director George J. Tenet jointly announced the appointment of James R. Clapper Jr. as the new director of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). Clapper, who will become the first civilian head of the agency, succeeds Army Lt. Gen. James C. King, who has headed NIMA since March 1998 and will be retiring from the Army later this year. Clapper retired from the Air Force in September 1995 as a lieutenant general after a four-year tour as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Since his retirement, he has served successively as executive vice president of Vredenburg, a systems acquisition services company headquartered in Reston, Va.; executive director for military intelligence at Booz, Allen & Hamilton of McLean, Va., and most recently vice president and director of intelligence programs for SRA, International of Fairfax, Va.

Stephen M. Younger has been selected as director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Younger is presently the associate laboratory director for nuclear weapons at Los Alamos Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M. Previously, he served as the program director for nuclear weapons technology, a position that carried primary responsibility for the laboratory's nuclear weapons Stockpile Stewardship Program.

Navy Rear Adm. (selectee) Brian M. Calhoun, has been assigned as director for operations, J3 for the U.S. European Command. Calhoun currently is serving as commander of Carrier Group Four and the Carrier Striking Force.

Navy Rear Adm. (lower half) (selectee) Robert D. Hufstader has been named chief medical officer for the Marine Corps in Washington, D.C. Hufstader currently serves as commander officer of the Naval Hospital in Pensacola, Fla.

Navy Rear Adm. (lower half) (selectee) Nancy J. Lescavage has been appointed as assistant chief for Healthcare Operations, MED-02, of the Bureau of Medicine for the Bureau and director of the Nurse Corps in Washington, D.C. Lescavage is now serving as deputy assistant chief for healthcare management and plans

Industry

Jim Childress has been named president of LXE Inc., a subsidiary of EMS Technologies based in Norcross, Georgia. Prior to joining EMS and LXE, Childress served as vice president of EG&G Technical Services, Inc.

Raytheon Company has named retired Army Lt. Gen. Jack Costello as vice president of Objective Force Initiatives in the Washington, D.C. office of Raytheon Electronic Systems. Working out of Raytheon's Washington office, Costello joins Raytheon after a 32-year military career. He most recently served as commanding general of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command.

ITT Industries' Avionics Division, in Clifton, N.J., has appointed Christopher C. Bernhardt as vice president and director of programs. Bernhardt previously served in executive management positions with General Electric, Smith Industries, Allied Signal, Litton Industries and Stellex Technologies.

ITT Industries also named Steve D'Onofrio as director of design engineering. D'Onofrio assumed the role of acting director of design engineering in 2000. Previously, he was the manager of digital design engineering.

BAE Systems has named R. Scott Retting to a newly created position as vice president for sales and marketing for all avionics group activities in the United States. Previously, Retting served as vice president and director of marketing for Alenia Marconi Systems.

The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) has appointed Steven V. Hall as its new director of government affairs. Hall, a 14-year Capital Hill veteran, most recently serving as chief of staff and legislative director for congresswoman Sue Kelly (RNY), succeeds ACEC's long-time chief lobbyist Jack Kalavritinos. Hall has served for more than a decade in senior legislative positions.