Comings and Goings

Every Wednesday on GovExec.com, Comings and Goings announces the arrivals and departures of top federal managers and executives. To submit an announcement, e-mail it to webmaster@govexec.com or fax it to 202-739-8511.

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U.N. Ambassador Bill Richardson has now officially donned his second hat, as Energy Secretary. Richardson expects to devote 90 percent of his time to his duties at DOE, but will continue representing the United States at the international body until Richard C. Holbrooke is confirmed to replace him. Richardson spoke to DOE employees Monday about his plans as secretary.

President Clinton has given David Gordon Carpenter a recess appointment as assistant Secretary of State for diplomatic security and as director of the office of foreign missions. Carpenter had been waiting on Senate confirmation since his nomination last month, but the bombings in Africa prompted the fast appointment. Carpenter is a 26-year veteran of the Secret Service, where he most recently served as chief of the agency's Washington field office.

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After 40 years of federal service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief Counsel Lester Edelman is retiring next week. The distinguished executive has been chief counsel since 1979, before which he spent 11 years as counsel for the House Comittee on Public Works and Transportation. His first federal job, in 1958, was with the Corps of Engineers' Detroit District.

Gen. George E. Friel, commander of the U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command, has transferred his command to Brig. Gen. John C. Doesburg. Friel led the Edgewood, Md., command for six years. He served in the military for 38 years, including stints as commanding general for the 59th Ordnance Brigade in Germany and chief of the nuclear chemical division of U.S. Army Europe.

Robert E. Walsh completed a 27-year career with the FBI this year, ending his tenure as special agent in charge of the FBI's San Francisco office. Now, Walsh is back in Chicago, where he spent 12 years earlier in his FBI career. But this time, Walsh will be heading the new Chicago office of Decision Strategies Fairfax International, the world's largest privately owned investigative and security consulting firm.