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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 190-95
April 10, 1995

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that the President has nominated Major General William G. Carter III, United States Army, for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general and assignment as Chief of Staff, Allied Forces Southern Europe. Since July 1993, he has served as the Commanding General, 1st Armored Division, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army.

Major General Carter was born on June 18, 1944, in Buffalo, New York.