Aspin's

For the BUR, DARPA and Aspin's coterie of newcomers to Pentagon procurement fiascos renamed the project JAST (Joint Advanced Strike Technology).

Winslow T. Wheeler: A Tale of Two Pigs 2009

The purloined memo made the Blair House meeting and Aspin's dip into the tank at the Pentagon look like a double sham.

Clinton's Growing Pains 2008

The commission will review Aspin's proposal and make recommendations after public hearings.

The Military's Big Shutdown 2008

If Aspin's list is approved, and if its savings are added to those already achieved by the base-closing lists of 1988 and 1991, the total savings would be about $6.5 billion a year-or the equivalent of a third of the military's operating budget.

The Military's Big Shutdown 2008

Aspin's academic manner quickly alienated the military brass, undermining his effectiveness.

Welcome To The Wars 2008

In Aspin's view, the mission for which Montgomery sought the armor-sweeping roadblocks and the like -- was an escalation of the "military" track at just the time that the United Nations was meant to be looking for political solutions.

The Making Of A Fiasco 2008

Clinton, too, is sometimes impatient with his defense secretary's longwinded answers, but White House officials say Aspin's job is safe, at least for now.

The Making Of A Fiasco 2008

In short order Aspin's aides were pleading with Nunn's staffers to "tell us precisely what the senator wants."

Clinton's Growing Pains 2008

Along came a launch owned by the town of East Troy, usually devoted to catching speeding boaters, but that afternoon loaded down with Aspin's security detail complete with communications gear.

The Making Of A Fiasco 2008

Aspin's reasoning was that sending the armor would be an unacceptable military escalation.

'Naked' Mission 2008