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Within government, Mr. Kendall held the position of Director of Tactical Warfare Programs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the position of Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategic Defense Systems. return ''; $(".fancybox-button").css("display", "none"); function recalculateImageSize() { Aaron Mehta in Washington contributed to this story. L. P. Owen Willans Richardson ( 1879-ngin 4-ngiet 26-ngit - 1959-ngin 2-ngiet 15-ngit) he Yn-koet ke yit-chak vut-l-hok-k. $(".fancybox-caption").removeClass("af3-caption-bg"); Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks with Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Raymond, left, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. and Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina . 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Join Facebook to connect with Frank Kendall and others you may know. Post Center of Long Island University, and a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center. In this capacity, he directs the Department of the Air Force's annual budget exceeding $168 billion, provides Air and Space forces to combatant commanders for global military operations, and is accountable for the welfare of nearly 700,000 active duty, Guard . $(".fancy-photo-detail-link").html($(".fancy-photo-detail-link").html().replace("SHOW", "CLOSE")); Kendall had just been nominated to become undersecretary of. In 1986, he became the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Strategic Defense Systems as a member of the Senior Executive Service. December 1994 November 1996, Vice President for Engineering, Raytheon Company, Herndon, Va. 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