New Acting Army Secretary Named

By Dan Dupont / March 8, 2001 at 5:00 AM
The Army has named Joseph Westphal its acting secretary, the service announced this week. Westphal, the assistant secretary for civil works since June 1998, will replace Gregory Dahlberg in the provisional post, the Army said. Dahlberg, who was the Army under secretary until being named acting secretary in January, has left the service to return to Capitol Hill, where he will serve as the minority staff director of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee. Before joining the Army secretariat, Westphal was...

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