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DATE: THURSDAY, April 18, 1991                   TAG: 9104180300
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-11   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

ARMY 2ND-IN-COMMAND TAPPED AS NEW LEADER

President Bush on Wednesday nominated Gen. Gordon Sullivan, the Army's second-in-command, to lead the largest branch of the armed services for the next four years.

The 53-year-old Sullivan, the Army's vice chief of staff for less than a year, has commanded soldiers at every level - from platoon to division - in his more than 30 years in uniform. Pending Senate confirmation, Sullivan would take over from the current chief, Gen. Carl Vuono, who is scheduled to retire at the end of June.

Pentagon sources have said that Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, the Desert Storm commander, could have succeeded Vuono if he'd expressed an interest in the post. But Schwarzkopf told Army Secretary Michael Stone some time ago he preferred to retire on schedule this summer and enter private life. - Associated Press

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