George Schneiter, the Pentagon's director of strategic and tactical systems, will retire within the next few weeks, according to Defense Department officials. No successor has been named, according to a DOD spokeswoman. Schneiter, who has worked for the Office of the Secretary of Defense since 1986, became strategic and tactical systems director in 1994. The position is an important one; Schneiter is the principal adviser to the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics for all DOD development...