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...sometimes Machiavellian atmosphere of official Washington, Powell is the beneficiary of a rare commodity: universal acclaim. "Loyal almost to a fault," says former Under Secretary of Defense Richard DeLauer. "He's just super to have around," gushes another Defense Department aide. "Powell has become quite well known to the President and the chief of staff," says a White House aide. "They like...
...also as DIVAD (Division Air Defense), the system has two radar-guided guns attached to an M48A5 tank chassis. DIVAD has had trouble detecting decoys and hitting helicopters that do not have radar reflectors attached. Nonetheless, the Pentagon has invested $1.5 billion in 276 DlVADs, and last week Richard DeLauer, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, was preparing a report for Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger on whether to buy 117 more. While DeLauer was at work, a study by the Defense Department's inspector general surfaced: it revealed that the Pentagon had paid $84 million more than...
...current situation could not be less propitious, or the dilemma more obvious. It was articulated clearly by a top Administration military scientist, Richard DeLauer, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, about six weeks after Reagan's original Star Wars speech. The proposed defensive system, said DeLauer, could be overcome by Soviet offensive weapons unless it was coupled with substantial controls on offensive arms. "With unconstrained proliferation" of Soviet warheads, he added, "no defensive system will work...
...travel with Weinberger were Under Secretary of Defense Richard DeLauer and Navy Secretary John Lehman. The projected cost of the nine-hour, round-trip flight: $21,807, not including the expense of keeping the jet on stand-by while the officials were at Bohemian Grove...
...conventional weapons is not new. NATO Commander Bernard W. Rogers has been conducting a virtual one-man crusade to encourage alliance members to strengthen their conventional forces. Among prominent Europeans who agree with Rogers: West German Defense Minister Manfred Worner. Last week U.S. Under Secretary of Defense Richard DeLauer gave the Reagan Administration's stamp of approval to the European Security Study's report. Said he: "We support...