Next Air Force, Navy Chiefs Picked ; Rumsfeld Taps Pentagon, Industry

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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has selected a defense industry executive and one of his own senior aides to be the next secretaries of the Navy and Air Force, according to corporate and Bush administration sources.

The sources said Donald C. Winter, who heads Northrop Grumman mission systems in Reston, is Mr. Rumsfeld's choice for Navy secretary. Michael W. Wynne, a senior Pentagon acquisition official who is spearheading the contentious base-closing process, is his pick to be Air Force secretary.

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Next Air Force, Navy Chiefs Picked ; Rumsfeld Taps Pentagon, Industry

"That's the plan," said a senior administration official when asked whether Mr. Winter and Mr. Wynne were the picks.

The sou...

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