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Pentagon spokesperson Susan P. Hansen said yesterday that she supported statements made by Defense Secretary Les Aspin's spokesperson Vernon A. Guidry that the secretary continues to support Allison...
...report, sent to Aspin on June 22, was in response to a series of questions raised by the principal director of Russian, Eurasian and East European affairs at the Defense Department. The inspector general's report described a few instances in which both Allison and Blackwill seemed to either misinterpret regulations or refer to conversations that others did not remember...
...Chancellorsville, sailing in the Persian Gulf. The missiles were fired in the late afternoon Washington time, or about midnight in Baghdad. Carrying 1,000 lbs. of explosives apiece, they reached their target, the sprawling Iraqi Intelligence Service headquarters, in about an hour and a half. Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell explained that the intelligence agency had undoubtedly conducted the assassination attempt, so it merited the punishment. Further, as Aspin said, the attack was intended to send a message to those who serve closest to Saddam that "following this man is not good...
...arguments again last week in Washington. After three months of hearings, they wound up with a marathon three-day session that featured speeches by 56 Senators and 153 Representatives, all eager to protect the bases in their districts. Then, finally, the commissioners listened to Defense Secretary Les Aspin and General Colin Powell, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who advised them firmly to stick to the Pentagon's plan for closures. "I believe my original recommendations are still correct," said Aspin...
...will not, in fact, be easy for the commission to change Aspin's hit list, which could be bad news for Charleston. The criteria to be applied are strict, beginning with the military value of the bases to be closed, going on to potential costs and savings and ending with the impact on local communities. The military services have supplied the commission with hundreds of pages of analysis and projections. Aspin says his base-closing plan will save $3.1 billion annually beginning in the year 2000, while eliminating 57,000 civilian jobs...