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...Senator Charles Grassley predicted that it will reveal a "fraudulent use of taxpayers' money beyond the wildest imagination." Speaking into a committee microphone he thought was turned off, Republican Senator John Warner, a former Secretary of the Navy, confided that "rampant bribery in Government" had been uncovered. Congressman Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said he was "utterly astounded...
...some of the defense contractors may contend they had no idea that the middleman may have acquired his helpful knowledge illegally. This is something, in all probability, that the contractor does not want to know. "There is an enormous flow of information between the Pentagon and the contractors," explains Aspin. "The dividing line is when bribes are given or taken. This is just plain illegal...
...Capitol Hill, a chorus of voices warns that the Pentagon will be lucky to get even that much. Many members of Congress, searching for ways to cut the overall budget deficit, are in no mood to give the military any increase. According to Les Aspin, the Wisconsin Democrat who heads the House Armed Services Committee, the slash in Pentagon budget authority over the next five years is likely to be "closer to $422 billion" than to Carlucci's figures...
...advocates of Midgetman were furious. They included four outsiders whose backing was important if the Administration was going to maintain bipartisan support for its defense policies: Brent Scowcroft, a former National Security Adviser in the Ford Administration; Democratic Senators Sam Nunn and Albert Gore Jr.; and Democratic Congressman Les Aspin. All had been supporting Midgetman for three years, arguing that it had the twin virtues of being harder for the other side to hit, since it was mobile, and less threatening as a first-strike weapon, since it did not have multiple warheads. The incident heightened tension between the Administration...
...Washington, Senate opponents of the Administration's reflagging plans failed to muster enough votes to call for a 90-day delay in the operation. In the House, tempers flared over a remark by Congressman Les Aspin that the first U.S.-escorted convoy would sail July 22. Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, revealed the date after attending an Administration briefing. Republican Minority Leader Robert Michel accused Democrat Aspin of "unforgivable" behavior, but Aspin pointed out, correctly, that Republican Senator Robert Dole had also disclosed the date to reporters...