The Administration has nominated John J. Young Jr. to replace Ken Krieg as the Pentagon’s top acquisition official. Young has been the director of Defense Research and Engineering since November 2005. Krieg announced earlier this month that he planned to leave his post at the Pentagon on July 20 or earlier if the Senate confirmed his replacement.
Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Davis, the Department of the Air Force’s top internal watchdog, has been nominated to lead Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the service’s bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.