U.S. President-elect Barack Obama announced Jan. 8 his intention to nominate William J. Lynn to the post of deputy defense secretary. Lynn would report to Robert Gates, the incumbent defense secretary whom Obama has asked to stay on. Lynn was Pentagon comptroller from 1997 until 2001 and director of the Defense Department's Program Analysis and Evaluation directorate from 1993 until 1997. He currently is Raytheon's senior vice president for government operations and strategy. In addition to naming Lynn, Obama also announced his selection of Robert F. Hale for Pentagon comptroller, Michele Flournoy for undersecretary of defense for policy and Jeh Charles Johnson for Pentagon general counsel. Satellite two-way messaging service provider Orbcomm added 19,000 net new billable subscribers to its system in the three months ending Dec. 31, bringing the total subscriber base to 460,000, the Ft. Lee, N.J.-based company said. Company managers told investors Jan. 6 they do not foresee a need to raise fresh capital to finance Orbcomm's second-generation satellites.
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机译：美国当选总统巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）于1月8日宣布，他打算提名威廉·J·林恩（William J. Lynn）担任国防部副部长。林恩将向现任国防部长罗伯特·盖茨报告，奥巴马要求奥巴马继续留任。林恩（Lynn）从1997年至2001年一直是五角大楼的主计长，从1993年至1997年是国防部计划分析和评估局局长。他目前是雷神公司负责政府运营和战略的高级副总裁。除了命名林恩之外，奥巴马还宣布了他的五角大楼主计官罗伯特·海尔（Robert F. Hale），政策部副部长米歇尔·弗劳诺（Michele Flournoy）以及五角大楼总法律顾问杰·查尔斯·约翰逊（Jeh Charles Johnson）的任命。卫星双向消息传递服务提供商Orbcomm在截至12月31日的三个月中为其系统增加了1.9万个净新计费用户，使总用户数达到460,000个。总部位于新泽西州李市的公司表示。公司经理在1月6日告诉投资者，他们认为没有必要筹集新资金来为Orbcomm的第二代卫星提供资金。
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