[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 8 (Monday, February 28, 1994)]
[Pages 366-367]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Nomination for Deputy Secretary of Defense

February 24, 1994

    The President today announced his intention to nominate John M. 
Deutch, a highly respected expert on military technology and current 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, to serve as 
Deputy

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Secretary of Defense under Secretary William Perry.
    ``John Deutch is a sound and sophisticated adviser whose expertise 
on military technology and policy has served the Department of Defense 
well in his tenure as Under Secretary of Defense,'' the President said. 
``Secretary Perry and I will rely heavily on his knowledge, imagination, 
and judgment as we work to maintain the strongest military in the world 
at a time of budgetary constraints.''

Note: A biography of the nominee was made available by the Office of the 
Press Secretary.