The Nation - News from March 4, 1987
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Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr. said he dissolved a Navy board and fired its president over the promotion of too many submarine officers, a move that created a “grotesque disparity” within the service. Lehman, whose recent resignation as the Navy’s civilian chief is expected to be effective in about a month, said it marked the sixth time in his six years in office that he has dissolved the selection board.
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