Another military industrial warrior slithers underneath the Defense head

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Senate Confirms England as Deputy Defense Secretary

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, April 7, 2006 – The U.S. Senate confirmed Gordon England as the 29th deputy secretary of defense during a Capitol Hill voice vote conducted yesterday, according to a statement from England's office.

England served as acting deputy secretary of defense and secretary of the Navy simultaneously from May 16, 2005, to Jan. 4, 2006, when he was recess-appointed by President Bush to his current position.

A native of Baltimore, England graduated from the University of Maryland in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He earned a master's degree in business administration from the M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University at Fort Worth, in 1975.

England has twice served as the Navy secretary, and also was the Department of Homeland Security's first deputy secretary.

In private industry England served as executive vice president of General Dynamics Inc. from 1997 to 2001. He'd also served as the president of General Dynamics', later Lockheed's, Fort Worth aircraft company branch, and as president of General Dynamics Land Systems Co.

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2006/20060407_4757.html

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1. Why do they keep dragging that clown back?

He must be one helluva "pioneer!"

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2. He's the one of the American military royals who lord over our defense $$

The Pentagon engineered the largest defense contract in U.S. military history, a potential $250 billion deal that called for the construction of approximately 6000 Joint Strike Fighter combat planes.

Air Force Secretary and former Northrup president James G. Roche, awarded the JSF contract to Lockheed-Martin and Northrop-Grumman. The only other competitor was Boeing. The order which stretches over 40 years, calls for the development and manufacturing of 3000 fighters to be used by the Air Force, Navy and Marines.

Then Navy secretary Gordon England served as president of Lockheed's Fort Worth division, which build the fighter planes.

He's got his fingers all in that program today.