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No. 142-03 November 18, 2003
Chairman Receives Eisenhower Award

          Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be presented the Business Executives for National Security's Eisenhower Award on Tue., Nov. 18, 2003, at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City.  Myers is being honored for "his service during the war on terrorism and unprecedented transformation with the armed forces."  Media wishing to attend should contact Ms. Serena Savage at the BENS New York Office, (212) 997-7881 or Joe DeSantis at the BENS Washington, DC Office, (202) 296-2124.

 

          Myers will return to Washington Tuesday evening.