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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 389-96
June 26, 1996

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William Perry announced today that the President has nominated Lt. Gen. Lester L. Lyles, United States Air Force, for reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general with assignment as director, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Lyles is currently assigned as commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.

Lyles was born April 20, 1946, in Washington, D.C.