Deborah Lee James, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Deborah Lee James

United States Secretary of the Air Force

Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1958

Place of Birth: Long Branch, New Jersey, United States

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Deborah Roche Lee James (born November 25, 1958) served as the 23rd Secretary of the Air Force.
She is the second woman, after Sheila Widnall (1993–1997), to ever hold this position. James was confirmed as 23rd Secretary of the Air Force on December 13, 2013, and started her tenure on December 20, 2013.
In her position she was responsible for the affairs of the United States Department of the Air Force, including organizing, training, equipping and providing for the welfare of its more than 690,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian Airmen and their families, as well as disbursing the Air Force's annual budget ($139 billion in 2015).At the beginning of her tenure she dealt with the issues stemming from the USAF budget sequestration in 2013, continued troubles with the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Congressional investigation of the USAF for its handling of sexual assaults, and a drug and cheating scandal inside the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).