Richard Clarke, a retired U.S. Army general and former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, has been appointed a member of the board of directors at General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

Lt. General Richard Clark isn't intimidated by much -- not as a career military man who flew more than 40 bombing missions in the Mideast. In a joint assignment with Army, Air Force, Navy and ...

Air Force Academy superintendent Richard ... Clark is a former star linebacker at Air Force who went on to a distinguished career in the military that saw him rise to the level of lieutenant general.