On the recordMarch 29, 1996
I remember, when I first got in the Pentagon, the phone rang from Mr. Packard, and I stood up before I answered it. I would like to say one other thing. I remember Secretary Laird saying this when he was seeking a deputy. He asked all through the business world, and he knew what he wanted. He wanted somebody who could handle the procurement side of the Pentagon. Mel Laird and David Packard worked out what you might call a ``Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside'' team, in which Mel Laird would deal with the Congress. He knew George Mahon, head of the Appropriations Committee, intimately. He knew Senator ``Scoop'' Jackson, and so forth--
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