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<TYPE>EX-24.4_125571
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<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
 	Know all persons by these presents, that 	Lewis Von Thaer
whose

signature appears below constitutes and appoints Julie P. Aslaksen, John
F.
Barrett, Michelle S. DiCintio, Margaret N. House, Millie A. Miller,
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: Jan. 31,
2006			/s/	_______________________

							__Lewis Von

Thaer____________________
								Print Name

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