Vern Clark
Admiral Vernon E. Clark USN (Ret.) (born 7 September 1944) was the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) in the United States Navy. He retired 22 July 2005, making his tenure of five years the second-longest serving CNO behind Arleigh Burke. He currently sits on the board of directors of Raytheon and SRI International. In November 2009, he was selected by Defense Secretary Robert Gates- along with former Veterans and Army Secretary Togo West- to lead the military investigation into the Fort Hood massacre.
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