Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force

Deborah Lee James is the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. She is the 23rd Secretary of the Air Force and is responsible for the affairs of the Department of the Air Force, including the organizing, training, equipping and providing for the welfare of its more than 690,000 active duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian Airmen and their families.

Secretary of the Air Force to speak at Academy graduation

Published April 30, 2015
U.S. Air Force Public Affairs

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Deborah Lee James, the secretary of the Air Force, will be the commencement speaker for the Air Force Academy's Class of 2015 graduation ceremony May 28 at Falcon Stadium.

James is responsible for the affairs of the Air Force and oversees the Air Force's annual budget of more than $110 billion. She has 30 years of senior homeland and national security experience in the federal government and private sector.

James served as president of Science Applications International Corporation's Technical and Engineering Sector, where she was responsible for 8,700 employees and over $2 billion in revenue

She last visited the Academy April 16, when she spoke to cadets about sexual assault awareness during the Academy's second annual Take Back the Night event.

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