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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 385-98
July 22, 1998

STATEMENT BY DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLIAM S. COHEN ON DARYL JONES

"I regret that the Senate Armed Services Committee did not support the nomination of Daryl Jones to be Secretary of the Air Force. Mr. Jones has the right background and experience to lead the Air Force into the 21st century, and it is disappointing that the Committee denied him that opportunity."