Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — President Bush on Monday nominated a top logistics officer to be the first female four-star general in U.S. history, tapping Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to head the command responsible for supplying the Army with all its equipment.
Dunwoody’s selection as chief of Army Materiel Command comes nearly 11 years after the first female three-star general was appointed, as head of Army intelligence, and 38 years after the first two female Army one-stars were named.
“Women continue to achieve great success and make invaluable contributions to the defense of this nation,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in a statement. “This is an historic occasion for the Department of Defense.”
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