WASHINGTON, March 31 (Xinhuanet) -- US President George W. Bush announced Thursday he intends to nominate Navy Secretary Gordon England to be deputy secretary of defense, the No. 2 civilian job at the Pentagon.

    Bush chose England to succeed Paul Wolfowitz, who was approved on Thursday as the next president of the World Bank. The nomination requires Senate confirmation.

    England, 67, previously held the position of Navy secretary from 2001 until 2003. He was appointed deputy secretary at the Homeland Security Department in January 2003, but returned to the Navy post nine months later.

    Before joining the Bush administration, England, worked at General Dynamics Corporation as executive vice president. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland and his master's from the M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. Enditem