That senior Democrat was then-House Armed Services Committee Chairman Les Aspin (D-Wis.), who became Defense Secretary for President Clinton.

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Bill Clinton was president, and Defense Secretary Les Aspin had ordered an end to the ban on women flying combat aircraft.

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The participants discussed at some length proposals that have been surfaced recently (notably by Congressman Les Aspin) that would alter this agreed position in the START Treaty.

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The White House has just announced that the Bush Administration has struck a bargain with Senator Sam Nunn, Congressman Les Aspin and others concerning mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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Representative Les Aspin, then-Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, proposed using the Iraq military as it existed during the 1991 Desert Storm campaign as the baseline regional threat.

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In fact, published reports reveal that Defense Secretary Les Aspin is untroubled by the prospect of laying down the law on the services, on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and on the regional commanders in chief regarding the dramatic changes in force structure and strategy he advocates.

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