JAMES D. WATKINS; An Outspoken Protege Of Hyman Rickover The Washington Post | January 13, 1989| | . This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Amid a swirl of speculation over possible secretarial nominees earlier this month, a senior Energy Department official ticked off a list of costly problems facing the department and lamented: "What we need is a combination of King Midas and Job."

What the department got yesterday was retired admiral James D. Watkins, former chief of naval operations, miracle worker of President Reagan's AIDS commission, and a man so outspoken that commission colleagues dubbed him "Radio Free Watkins."

President-elect George Bush reached out for nuclear expertise in selecting Watkins, 61, a veteran of the ...

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