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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 163-00
April 04, 2000

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen announced today that the President has nominated Army Col. Richard L. Ursone for promotion to brigadier general.

Ursone is currently assigned as the executive officer to the surgeon general, Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, Va.