Marine General Picked to Succeed Schwarzkopf
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<i> Associated Press</i>
WASHINGTON — President Bush will nominate Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Joseph P. Hoar to succeed Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf as commander-in-chief for the Central Command, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Schwarzkopf, the commander of allied military forces in Operation Desert Storm, is scheduled to retire this summer.
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