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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, January 8, 1993                   TAG: 9301080190
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY   
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Medium

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SISISKY NAVY POST PROPOSED

Rep. Norman Sisisky, D-Petersburg, has been proposed to be the secretary of the Navy in President-elect Clinton's administration, according to a published report.

Sen. John Warner, R-Va. - a former Navy secretary under Presidents Nixon and Ford - wrote Clinton last month to recommend Sisisky, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports in its editions today.

Warner also spoke Wednesday with Rep. Les Aspin, Clinton's choice for secretary of defense, about Sisisky, the Times-Dispatch said.

Sisisky told the newspaper he is not pursuing the post, but was not ruling it out, either.

"It would be a nice challenge. Whether I would take it or not, I don't know," Sisisky said.

In his Dec. 21 letter to Clinton, Warner called Sisisky a "colleague and trusted friend."

Sisisky "served briefly as an enlisted man in the Navy at the end of World War II and has been a true leader in maritime policy throughout his career on the House Armed Services Committee," Warner wrote.

Sisisky, who is starting his sixth House term this week, is 65. He was a wealthy businessman in the bottling business and a state legislator before running for Congress in 1982.

Sisisky has dealt with Navy issues as a member of the House Armed Services Committee and its sea power subcommittee.

Sisisky said no Clinton transition officials have talked to him, but people have telephoned to say they have heard his name mentioned.

A spokesman for the Clinton transition in Little Rock, Ark., said there is no timetable for selecting the secretaries of the services. He would not discuss people under consideration.

(Note: Shorter version ran in metro)

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