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 LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS




	Know all persons by these presents, that 	John M. Keane
whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tommy R. Augustsson,
Michelle S. DiCintio, Mark L. Haley, Margaret N. House, John E. Lossing,
and David A. Savner and each of them, as his/her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and
with authority to act alone, for him/her and in his/her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf
of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5 and any amendments and supplements to
those forms in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts
for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and any amendments and
supplements to those forms and file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and


	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in his/her discretion,

granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they or he/she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent or his/her or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

	This Power
of Attorney is continuing and shall remain in effect so long as the
undersigned is an officer or director of General Dynamics Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, unless the undersigned executes and delivers to the
Secretary of General Dynamics Corporation a written revocation of this
Power of Attorney.

	The undersigned acknowledges that each foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



Date: _2/4/____________, 2004			/s/	____John M.
Keane_____________________

							__________________________________

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