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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 094-97
February 27, 1997

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen announced today that the President has nominated Lt. Gen. George T. Babbitt Jr., U.S. Air Force, for appointment to the grade of general with assignment as commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Babbitt is currently assigned as director, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va.

Babbitt was born June 22, 1942, in Bremerton, Wash.