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Immediate Release

Department of Defense Announces New Appointments

Jan. 8, 2021

Today, Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller announced the following appointments, pursuant to Sec. 370 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, to the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America:

Sean McLean of California
Joshua Whitehouse of New Hampshire
Anne G. Johnston of North Carolina
Earl Matthews of Pennsylvania

Miller Defense Secretary