James Lyons

James or Jim Lyons may refer to:

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James Lyons (admiral)

James Aloysius "Ace" Lyons, Jr. (born September 28, 1927) is a retired Admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet from 1985–87.

Biography

Served in the U.S. Navy for thirty-six years as a Surface Warfare Officer, including as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Senior U.S. Military Representative to the United Nations and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations.

He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has received post graduate degrees from the U.S. Naval War College and the U.S. National Defense University.

He is currently the chief executive officer of LION Associates, LLC.

Controversies

On 19 February 2010, Andrew Sullivan quoted Lyons at the CPAC conference in Washington as saying:

Lyons has written that the Zumwalt class destroyer would be a way to preempt the threat of China's Anti-ship ballistic missile;

In the same article he also addressed the continuing cost overruns and the limitations of the close-in weapon system on the Littoral combat ship, which had switched to the more advanced SeaRAM system five years beforehand.

James Lyons (Virginia)

James Lyons (October 12, 1801 – December 18, 1882) was a Confederate politician.

He was born in Hanover County, Virginia. When representative-elect John Tyler died on January 18, 1862, before the Confederate Congress started, Lyons was elected on February 10, 1862 to the House of Representatives, representing Virginia. He represented the state in the First Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1864.

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