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Air Force

Obering, Missile Defense Agency Director, To Leave Post After Superlative Record Of Test Successes, Fiscal Victories

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Monday, March 24th, 2008

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MDA Deputy Director O'Reilly To Succeed Obering As Director Lt. Gen. Henry "Trey" Obering III, after providing stellar, sterling leadership for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) since 2004 that rescued troubled missile-intercepting programs, will step down from his post. Obering also helped, successfully, to defeat efforts last year to kill or greatly weaken some missile defense programs. He will be succeeded by his deputy, Maj. Gen. Patrick J. O'Reilly, who will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general upon…

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