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Gates announces 2-star nominations

Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Thursday that President Obama has nominated 23 one-star rear admirals for a second star.

• Joseph Aucoin, commander, Carrier Strike Group 3, Bremerton, Wash.

• Terry Benedict, program executive officer for integrated warfare systems, Washington.

• Patrick Brady, deputy commander for undersea warfare, SEA-073, Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington.

• Ted Branch, commander, Carrier Strike Group 1, San Diego.

• Paul Bushong, commander, Navy Region Marianas/U.S. Pacific Command representative, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau/commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Marianas, Guam.

• James Caldwell, commander, Submarine Group 9, Silverdale, Wash.

• Thomas Copeman, commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, U.S. Southern Command, Guantanamo, Cuba.

• Samuel Cox, director, plans, policy and intelligence integration, Naval Network Warfare Command, Norfolk, Va.

• Philip Davidson, commander, Carrier Strike Group 8, Norfolk.

• Kevin Donegan, commander, Carrier Strike Group 5, Yokosuka, Japan.

• Patrick Driscoll, commander, Carrier Strike Group 10, Norfolk.

• David Dunaway, commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force, Norfolk.

• Thomas Eccles, deputy commander for ship design, integration and engineering, SEA-05, Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington.

• Mark Guadagnini, commander, Carrier Strike Group 9, Everett, Wash.

• Joseph Horn, program director, Aegis ballistic missile defense, Missile Defense Agency, Dahlgren, Va.

• Anthony Kurta, commander, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Djibouti, Africa.

• Joseph Mulloy, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for budget/director, Fiscal Management Division, N82, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington.

• Sean Pybus, commander, Special Operations, U.S. Pacific Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

• John Richardson, director, plans and operations, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 6th Fleet/deputy commander, 6th Fleet/commander submarines, Allied Naval Forces South/commander, Submarine Group 8, Naples, Italy.

• Michael Rogers, director for intelligence, J2, Joint Staff, Washington.

• Thomas Rowden, commander, Carrier Strike Group 7, San Diego.

• David Simpson, director, CJ6, Multi-National Force — Iraq in Baghdad.

• Nora Tyson, commander, logistics group, Western Pacific/commander, Task Force 73/commander, Navy Region Singapore.