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Winslow Wheeler talked about the current year's Defense Authorization Bill, which the Senate is scheduled to take up in the upcoming week, including efforts to cut specific weapons programs such as the F-22 aircraft. Mr. Winslow also discussed efforts by some legislators to pass a bill compelling the Pentagon to organize and open its books for an audit, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic correspondence. Defense Spending ID: 287651-5 _ Call-In 07/13/2009 - 29 minutes ###### video: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=284207-1 Winslow Wheeler, editor of America's Defense Meltdown, and two contributors to the book argue that the Defense Department is in need of reform and offer suggestions on how to do it. Mr. Wheeler is joined by Pierre Sprey, co-designer of the F-16 and A-10 jets, and Thomas Christie, former adviser to the Secretary of Defense on weapons systems testing. This event was held at the Mott House in Washington, DC. Winslow Wheeler is the director of the Straus Military Project at the Center for Defense Information. He is the author of The Wastrels of Defense and Military Reform. Defense Meltdown ID: 284207-1 Speech 02/19/2009 1 hour, 14 minutes --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
