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                                                                  Exhibit 10.1.4

_________, 2006

Alpha Security Group Corporation
328 West 77th Street
New York, New York 10024

Maxim Group LLC
405 Lexington Ave.
New York, New York 10174

Re: Initial Public Offering

Gentlemen:

         The undersigned director of Alpha Security Group Corporation
(the "Company"), in consideration of Maxim Group LLC ("Maxim") entering into a
letter of intent, dated May 6, 2005 (the "Letter of Intent"), to underwrite an
initial public offering (the "IPO") of the securities of the Company and
embarking on, undertaking and continuing to participate in the IPO process,
hereby agrees as follows (certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in
paragraph 11 hereof):

         1. If the Company solicits approval of its stockholders of a Business
Combination, the undersigned will (i) vote all Insider Shares owned by the
undersigned in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by the Public
Stockholders and (ii) vote any shares of Common Stock acquired in or following
the IPO in favor of the Business Combination.

         2. (a) In the event that the Company fails to consummate a Business
Combination by a date (the "TERMINATION DATE") that is 18 months from the
effective date ("EFFECTIVE DATE") of the registration statement relating to the
IPO, or 24 months from the Effective Date under the circumstances described in
the Prospectus, the undersigned shall, in accordance with all applicable
requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law, take all action reasonably
within her power to dissolve and liquidate the Company and distribute all funds
held in the Trust Account to the Public Stockholders as soon as reasonably
practicable following the Termination Date in the manner and subject to the
deductions set forth in the Prospectus including, without limitation: (i)
causing the Company's board of directors to convene and adopt a plan of
dissolution and liquidation; (ii) voting, as a director (if applicable), in
favor of adopting such plan of dissolution and liquidation; (iii) within five
(5) business days of any such adoption by the Company's board of directors,
causing the Company to prepare and file a proxy statement with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") setting out, and calling for a vote by the
Company's stockholders in favor of, the plan of dissolution and liquidation; and
(iv) voting, as a stockholder, all of the undersigned's voting securities of the
Company in favor of any such plan of dissolution and liquidation. In addition,
from and after the Termination Date, the undersigned will, in accordance with
the Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation, take all action
reasonably within his power to limit the Company's activities to winding up its
affairs and to dissolving the Company and liquidating the Trust Account.

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                  (b) If the Company seeks approval from its stockholders to
consummate a Business Combination within 90 days prior to the expiration of the
24 month period following the Effective Date (assuming that the period in which
the Company may consummate a Business Combination has been extended under the
circumstances described in the Prospectus), the undersigned agrees to take all
such action reasonably within his power to ensure that the proxy statement
related to such Business Combination will seek stockholder approval for the plan
of dissolution and liquidation of Company in the event the stockholders do not
approve such Business Combination.

                  (c) If: (i) no agreement has been executed and no letter of
intent with respect to a Business Combination has been signed by the Company
prior to the date that is 18 months after the Effective Date or (ii) no proxy
statement seeking the approval of the stockholders for a Business Combination
has been filed with the SEC by the date that is 30 days prior to the date that
is 24 months after the Effective Date, the undersigned agrees to take, promptly
following either such date, all such action reasonably within his power to
convene a meeting of the board of directors of the Company to adopt and
recommend to the stockholders of the Company a plan of dissolution and
liquidation of the Company and, within five (5) business days of such date, to
file a proxy statement with the SEC seeking stockholder approval for such plan
of dissolution and liquidation.

                  (d) Except with respect to any of the IPO Shares acquired by
the undersigned in connection with or following the IPO, the undersigned hereby
irrevocably: (i) waives any and all right, title, interest, cause of action or
claim of any kind (a "CLAIM") in or to all funds in the Trust Account and any
remaining net assets of the Company upon liquidation of the Trust Account and
dissolution of the Company; (ii) waives any Claim the undersigned may have in
the future as a result of, or arising out of, any contracts or agreements with
the Company, which Claim would reduce, encumber or otherwise adversely affect
the amounts held in the Trust Account; and (iii) agrees that the undersigned
will not seek recourse (legal, equitable or otherwise) against the Trust Account
for any reason whatsoever.

         3. In order to minimize potential conflicts of interest that may arise
from multiple affiliations, the undersigned agrees to present to the Company for
its consideration, prior to the undersigned's exploitation of that opportunity
in any way or the presentation to any other person or entity, any suitable
opportunity to acquire an operating business or any real property or related
assets, until the earlier of the consummation by the Company of a Business
Combination, the liquidation of the Company or until such time as the
undersigned ceases to be an officer or director of the Company, but subject, in
each case, to any pre-existing fiduciary obligations the undersigned might have,
which fiduciary obligations are disclosed to the Company's board of directors
prior to the Effective Date.

         4. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Company will not
consummate any Business Combination involving a company affiliated with any of
the Insiders unless the Company obtains an opinion from an independent
investment banking firm reasonably acceptable to Maxim Group LLC that the
Business Combination is fair to the Company's stockholders from a financial
perspective.

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         5. Neither the undersigned, any member of the family of the
undersigned, nor any Affiliate of the undersigned will be entitled to receive
and will not accept any compensation for services rendered to the Company prior
to the consummation of the Business Combination; provided that the undersigned
shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Company for his out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in connection with seeking and consummating a Business
Combination.

         6. The undersigned agrees that neither the undersigned, any member of
the family of the undersigned, nor any Affiliate of the undersigned will be
entitled to receive or accept, and the undersigned, on behalf of the undersigned
and the aforementioned parties, hereby waives any rights to, a finder's fee or
any other compensation in the event the undersigned, any member of the family of
the undersigned or any Affiliate of the undersigned originates a Business
Combination.

         7. The undersigned will escrow her Insider Shares for the period
commencing on the Effective Date, and ending on the earlier to occur of: (i) the
approval by the Public Stockholders of the release of the Insider Shares from
escrow; and (ii) one (1) year following the consummation of a Business
Combination, in each case subject to the terms of a Stock Escrow Agreement which
the Company will enter into with the undersigned and an escrow agent acceptable
to the Company.

         8. The undersigned agrees to be a member of the Board of Directors of
the Company until the earlier of the consummation by the Company of a Business
Combination or the dissolution and liquidation of the Company. The undersigned's
biographical information furnished to the Company and Maxim and attached hereto
as Exhibit A is true and accurate in all respects, does not omit any material
information with respect to the undersigned's background and contains all of the
information required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 401 of Regulation S-K,
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The undersigned's
Questionnaire furnished to the Company and Maxim and annexed as Exhibit B hereto
is true and accurate in all respects. The undersigned further represents and
warrants to the Company and Maxim that:

                  (a) No petition under the Federal bankruptcy laws or any state
insolvency law has been filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or
similar officer was appointed by a court for the business or property of the
undersigned, or any partnership in which the undersigned was or is a general
partner at or within two years prior to the date hereof, or any corporation or
business association of which the undersigned was an executive officer at or
within two years prior to the date hereof;

                  (b) The undersigned has not been convicted in any criminal
proceeding nor is the undersigned currently a named subject of a pending
criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);

                  (c) The undersigned has not been the subject of any order,
judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any
court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining the
undersigned from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:

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                           (i) Acting as a futures commission merchant,
         introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator,
         floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated
         by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or an associated person of
         any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker
         or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or
         employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan association
         or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or
         practice in connection with such activity;

                           (ii) Engaging in any type of business practice; or

                           (iii) Engaging in any activity in connection with the
         purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any
         violation of Federal or State securities laws or Federal commodities
         laws;

                  (d) The undersigned has not been the subject of any order,
judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any
Federal or State authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more
than sixty (60) days the right of the undersigned to engage in any activity
described in paragraph (c)(i) above, or to be associated with persons engaged in
any such activity;

                  (e) The undersigned has not been found by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Securities and Exchange Commission to
have violated any Federal or State securities law, and the judgment in such
civil action or finding by the Securities and Exchange Commission has not been
subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated; and

                  (f) The undersigned has not been found by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to
have violated any Federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action
or finding by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not been subsequently
reversed, suspended or vacated.

         9. The undersigned has full right and power, without violating any
agreement by which the undersigned is bound, to enter into this letter agreement
and to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

         10. The undersigned authorizes any employer, financial institution, or
consumer credit reporting agency to release to Maxim and its legal
representatives or agents (including any investigative search firm retained by
Maxim) any information they may have about the undersigned's background and
finances (the "Information"). Neither Maxim nor its agents shall be violating
the undersigned's right of privacy in any manner in requesting and obtaining the
Information and the undersigned hereby releases them from liability for any
damage whatsoever in that connection.

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         11. As used herein: (i) a "Business Combination" shall mean an
acquisition, by merger, capital stock exchange, asset or stock acquisition,
reorganization or otherwise and as otherwise described in the registration
statement relating to the IPO, of an operating business or real property assets
in the homeland security industry, defense industry and related industries
selected by the Company; (ii) "Common Stock" shall mean the common stock, par
value $.0001 per share, of the Company; (iii) "Insiders" shall mean all
officers, directors and stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the
IPO; (iv) "Insider Shares" shall mean all of the shares of Common Stock of the
Company owned by an Insider prior to the IPO; (v) "IPO Shares" shall mean the
shares of Common Stock issued in the Company's IPO; (vi) "Prospectus" shall mean
the prospectus contained in the registration statement relating to the IPO;
(vii) "Public Stockholders" shall mean the holders of the securities issued by
the Company in the IPO; and (viii) "Trust Account" means the trust account in
which the proceeds to the Company of the IPO will be deposited and held for the
benefit of the holders of the IPO shares, as described in greater detail in the
Prospectus.

         12. The undersigned hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim
against the undersigned arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement
shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and
irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive.
The undersigned hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and
that such courts represent an inconvenience forum.

                                                     Name: Carol A. DiBattiste

                                                     --------------------
                                                     Signature

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                                    EXHIBIT A

CAROL A. DIBATTISTE has served as a director since July 2005. Ms. DiBattiste is
currently the chief credentialing, compliance and privacy officer with
ChoicePoint Inc. (NYSE:CPS), a leading provider of identification and credential
verification services, a position she has held since April 2005. From July 2004
to April 2005, Ms. DiBattiste served as deputy administrator, Transportation
Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security, and as the TSA's
chief of staff from March 2003 to July 2004, with responsibility for overseeing
all TSA functions and serving as liaison between TSA and the Department of
Homeland Security. From February 2001 to February 2003, Ms. DiBattiste was a
partner at the law firm of Holland & Knight, LLP. Additionally, Ms. DiBattiste
served as under secretary in the United States Air Force from August 1999 to
January 2001, the second highest position, responsible for readiness,
recruiting, training and equipping a force of 710,000 individuals and a budget
of over $70 billion. From December 1997 to August 1999, Ms. DiBattiste was the
deputy United States attorney, Southern District of Florida and from July 1994
to December 1997, she was the director of the Executive Office for United States
Attorneys, Department of Justice. From August 1993 to July 1994, she was the
principal deputy general counsel for the Department of the Navy and from July
1991 to August 1993 she was an assistant United States attorney for the Southern
District of Florida. Ms. DiBattiste enlisted in the United States Air Force in
March 1971, received her commission in September 1976 and retired in the rank of
Major after twenty years of service in 1991.<PAGE>

                                                                  Exhibit 10.1.5

_________, 2006

Alpha Security Group Corporation
328 West 77th Street
New York, New York 10024

Maxim Group LLC
405 Lexington Ave.
New York, New York 10174

Re:  Initial Public Offering

Gentlemen:

         The undersigned director of Alpha Security Group Corporation
(the "Company"), in consideration of Maxim Group LLC ("Maxim") entering into a
letter of intent, dated May 6, 2005 (the "Letter of Intent"), to underwrite an
initial public offering (the "IPO") of the securities of the Company and
embarking on, undertaking and continuing to participate in the IPO process,
hereby agrees as follows (certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in
paragraph 11 hereof):

         1. If the Company solicits approval of its stockholders of a Business
Combination, the undersigned will (i) vote all Insider Shares owned by the
undersigned in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by the Public
Stockholders and (ii) vote any shares of Common Stock acquired in or following
the IPO in favor of the Business Combination.

         2. (a) In the event that the Company fails to consummate a Business
Combination by a date (the "TERMINATION DATE") that is 18 months from the
effective date ("EFFECTIVE DATE") of the registration statement relating to the
IPO, or 24 months from the Effective Date under the circumstances described in
the Prospectus, the undersigned shall, in accordance with all applicable
requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law, take all action reasonably
within her power to dissolve and liquidate the Company and distribute all funds
held in the Trust Account to the Public Stockholders as soon as reasonably
practicable following the Termination Date in the manner and subject to the
deductions set forth in the Prospectus including, without limitation: (i)
causing the Company's board of directors to convene and adopt a plan of
dissolution and liquidation; (ii) voting, as a director (if applicable), in
favor of adopting such plan of dissolution and liquidation; (iii) within five
(5) business days of any such adoption by the Company's board of directors,
causing the Company to prepare and file a proxy statement with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") setting out, and calling for a vote by the
Company's stockholders in favor of, the plan of dissolution and liquidation; and
(iv) voting, as a stockholder, all of the undersigned's voting securities of the
Company in favor of any such plan of dissolution and liquidation. In addition,
from and after the Termination Date, the undersigned will, in accordance with
the Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation, take all action
reasonably within his power to limit the Company's activities to winding up its
affairs and to dissolving the Company and liquidating the Trust Account.

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                  (b) If the Company seeks approval from its stockholders to
consummate a Business Combination within 90 days prior to the expiration of the
24 month period following the Effective Date (assuming that the period in which
the Company may consummate a Business Combination has been extended under the
circumstances described in the Prospectus), the undersigned agrees to take all
such action reasonably within his power to ensure that the proxy statement
related to such Business Combination will seek stockholder approval for the plan
of dissolution and liquidation of Company in the event the stockholders do not
approve such Business Combination.

                  (c) If: (i) no agreement has been executed and no letter of
intent with respect to a Business Combination has been signed by the Company
prior to the date that is 18 months after the Effective Date or (ii) no proxy
statement seeking the approval of the stockholders for a Business Combination
has been filed with the SEC by the date that is 30 days prior to the date that
is 24 months after the Effective Date, the undersigned agrees to take, promptly
following either such date, all such action reasonably within his power to
convene a meeting of the board of directors of the Company to adopt and
recommend to the stockholders of the Company a plan of dissolution and
liquidation of the Company and, within five (5) business days of such date, to
file a proxy statement with the SEC seeking stockholder approval for such plan
of dissolution and liquidation.

                  (d) Except with respect to any of the IPO Shares acquired by
the undersigned in connection with or following the IPO, the undersigned hereby
irrevocably: (i) waives any and all right, title, interest, cause of action or
claim of any kind (a "CLAIM") in or to all funds in the Trust Account and any
remaining net assets of the Company upon liquidation of the Trust Account and
dissolution of the Company; (ii) waives any Claim the undersigned may have in
the future as a result of, or arising out of, any contracts or agreements with
the Company, which Claim would reduce, encumber or otherwise adversely affect
the amounts held in the Trust Account; and (iii) agrees that the undersigned
will not seek recourse (legal, equitable or otherwise) against the Trust Account
for any reason whatsoever.

         3. In order to minimize potential conflicts of interest that may arise
from multiple affiliations, the undersigned agrees to present to the Company for
its consideration, prior to the undersigned's exploitation of that opportunity
in any way or the presentation to any other person or entity, any suitable
opportunity to acquire an operating business or any real property or related
assets, until the earlier of the consummation by the Company of a Business
Combination, the liquidation of the Company or until such time as the
undersigned ceases to be an officer or director of the Company, but subject, in
each case, to any pre-existing fiduciary obligations the undersigned might have,
which fiduciary obligations are disclosed to the Company's board of directors
prior to the Effective Date.

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         4. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Company will not
consummate any Business Combination involving a company affiliated with any of
the Insiders unless the Company obtains an opinion from an independent
investment banking firm reasonably acceptable to Maxim Group LLC that the
Business Combination is fair to the Company's stockholders from a financial
perspective.

         5. Neither the undersigned, any member of the family of the
undersigned, nor any Affiliate of the undersigned will be entitled to receive
and will not accept any compensation for services rendered to the Company prior
to the consummation of the Business Combination; provided that the undersigned
shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Company for his out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in connection with seeking and consummating a Business
Combination.

         6. The undersigned agrees that neither the undersigned, any member of
the family of the undersigned, nor any Affiliate of the undersigned will be
entitled to receive or accept, and the undersigned, on behalf of the undersigned
and the aforementioned parties, hereby waives any rights to, a finder's fee or
any other compensation in the event the undersigned, any member of the family of
the undersigned or any Affiliate of the undersigned originates a Business
Combination.

         7. The undersigned will escrow his Insider Shares for the period
commencing on the Effective Date, and ending on the earlier to occur of: (i) the
approval by the Public Stockholders of the release of the Insider Shares from
escrow; and (ii) one (1) year following the consummation of a Business
Combination, in each case subject to the terms of a Stock Escrow Agreement which
the Company will enter into with the undersigned and an escrow agent acceptable
to the Company.

         8. The undersigned agrees to be a member of the Board of Directors of
the Company until the earlier of the consummation by the Company of a Business
Combination or the dissolution and liquidation of the Company. The
undersigned's biographical information furnished to the Company and Maxim and
attached hereto as Exhibit A is true and accurate in all respects, does not omit
any material information with respect to the undersigned's background and
contains all of the information required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 401
of Regulation S-K, promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The
undersigned's Questionnaire furnished to the Company and Maxim and annexed as
Exhibit B hereto is true and accurate in all respects. The undersigned further
represents and warrants to the Company and Maxim that:

                  (a) No petition under the Federal bankruptcy laws or any state
insolvency law has been filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or
similar officer was appointed by a court for the business or property of the
undersigned, or any partnership in which the undersigned was or is a general
partner at or within two years prior to the date hereof, or any corporation or
business association of which the undersigned was an executive officer at or
within two years prior to the date hereof;

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                  (b) The undersigned has not been convicted in any criminal
proceeding nor is the undersigned currently a named subject of a pending
criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);

                  (c) The undersigned has not been the subject of any order,
judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any
court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining the
undersigned from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:

                           (i) Acting as a futures commission merchant,
         introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator,
         floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated
         by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or an associated person of
         any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker
         or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or
         employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan association
         or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or
         practice in connection with such activity;

                           (ii) Engaging in any type of business practice; or

                           (iii) Engaging in any activity in connection with the
         purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any
         violation of Federal or State securities laws or Federal commodities
         laws;

                  (d) The undersigned has not been the subject of any order,
judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any
Federal or State authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more
than sixty (60) days the right of the undersigned to engage in any activity
described in paragraph (c)(i) above, or to be associated with persons engaged in
any such activity;

                  (e) The undersigned has not been found by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Securities and Exchange Commission to
have violated any Federal or State securities law, and the judgment in such
civil action or finding by the Securities and Exchange Commission has not been
subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated; and

                  (f) The undersigned has not been found by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to
have violated any Federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action
or finding by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not been subsequently
reversed, suspended or vacated.

         9. The undersigned has full right and power, without violating any
agreement by which the undersigned is bound, to enter into this letter agreement
and to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

         10. The undersigned authorizes any employer, financial institution, or
consumer credit reporting agency to release to Maxim and its legal
representatives or agents (including any investigative search firm retained by
Maxim) any information they may have about the undersigned's background and
finances (the "Information"). Neither Maxim nor its agents shall be violating
the undersigned's right of privacy in any manner in requesting and obtaining the
Information and the undersigned hereby releases them from liability for any
damage whatsoever in that connection.

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         11. As used herein: (i) a "Business Combination" shall mean an
acquisition, by merger, capital stock exchange, asset or stock acquisition,
reorganization or otherwise and as otherwise described in the registration
statement relating to the IPO, of an operating business or real property assets
in the homeland security industry, defense industry and related industries
selected by the Company; (ii) "Common Stock" shall mean the common stock, par
value $.0001, of the Company; (iii) "Insiders" shall mean all officers,
directors and stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the IPO; (iv)
"Insider Shares" shall mean all of the shares of Common Stock of the Company
owned by an Insider prior to the IPO; (v) "IPO Shares" shall mean the shares of
Common Stock issued in the Company's IPO; (vi) "Prospectus" shall mean the
prospectus contained in the registration statement relating to the IPO; (vii)
"Public Stockholders" shall mean the holders of the securities issued by the
Company in the IPO; and (ix) "Trust Account" means the trust account in which
the proceeds to the Company of the IPO will be deposited and held for the
benefit of the holders of the IPO shares, as described in greater detail in the
Prospectus.

         12. The undersigned hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim
against the undersigned arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement
shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and
irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive.
The undersigned hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and
that such courts represent an inconvenience forum.

                                                     Name: Robert T. Herres

                                                     --------------------
                                                     Signature

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                                    EXHIBIT A

GENERAL ROBERT T. HERRES has served as a director since July 2005. General
Herres retired from the United States Air Force in February 1990 after 36 years
of distinguished service. General Herres is currently an advisor and consultant
to a family trust and a director of Ellison Management Co., LLC, which provides
asset management support and services to the trust, a position he has held since
November 2000. From September 1993 until April 2000, General Herres served as
chief executive officer of United Services Automobile Association (USAA), a
member-owned diversified insurance and financial service organization serving
current and former members of the U.S. military and their families. From
September 1993 until October 2002, he served as USAA's chairman. From March 2001
until September 2003, General Herres served as chairman of Luby's, Inc.
(NYSE:LUB), an owner and operator of restaurants. From February 1987 until
February 1990, General Herres was vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
acting as military advisor to the Secretary of Defense, the National Security
Council and the President of the United States. During the prior ten years of
his career in the Air Force, General Herres held the following positions:
commander-in-chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. space
command and commander, U.S. Air Force Space Command (July 1984 to September
1987), commander of the Eighth Air Force (July 1981 to October 1982) and
commander of the Air Force Communications Command (June 1979 to July 1981). He
also served as the director for command, control and communications of the
Department of Defense Joint Staff (from October 1982 to July 1984). General
Herres has received numerous awards and commendations, including the
Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of
Merit and the Bronze Star.

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