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In short, the Milstar Program is the heart of our ability to communicate in the field with tactical units and to be able to have those units linked not only with each other but back to the field commanders. It is the heart of one of our…
I thank the Chair. I would just like to read very quickly here General Shalikashvili's answer to a question about what Milstar is all about. This is a very recent dialog in the committee. General Shalikashvili says, quoting him: The…
I would like to pose a few questions relating to the Lott amendment, and also, of course, I am concerned about the effect on defense of the Exon-Grassley amendment which would be in the Budget Committee, and I believe that this amendment…
Then I would ask my friend from New Mexico, if also incorporated in the Lott amendment--if the Lott amendment has in it the cuts in the entitlement programs that were really continuations of existing reductions or restraints in entitlement…
The Senator from Tennessee understands when there is a Domenici-Nunn effort to put in an effective firewall it will require 60 votes, and I hope the Senator from Tennessee will look favorably on that effort. I know he would want to see the…
So those of us who are concerned about the effect on defense of the Exon-Grassley amendment--which would have something like a 60-percent effect on defense, in that neighborhood depending on the allocations of the Appropriations…
Can I give a hypothetical so that we can be clear? Maybe the Senator from New Mexico can answer this, also. Assuming--and I do not know the exact numbers--this 5-year so-called discretionary account, which includes defense and also…
Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield in the Persian Gulf ended over 3 years ago, but many of the military men and women who served in that conflict are still suffering from the consequences of their service. One of the diseases that…
Today, I want to briefly review the career of Adm. Dave Jeremiah and pay tribute to his distinguished service to his country. Admiral Jeremiah was born on February 25, 1934, and is a native of Portland, OR. He graduated from the University…
I rise to support the nomination of Strobe Talbott to be Deputy Secretary of State. I have known and respected Mr. Talbott for a number of years, and I am particularly pleased that President Clinton appointed him to be the overall…
I rise today to pay tribute to Manfred Woerner, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This weekend, on February 5, in Munich Germany, Manfred Woerner will receive the prestigious Eric M. Warburg Award for…
I am pleased that the Senate of the United States is considering the nomination of William J. Perry, to be Secretary of Defense. Earlier today the Armed Services Committee voted unanimously to report this nomination to the Senate…
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