With congressional defeat inevitable, Les Aspin worked with Colin Powell and the Joint Chiefs on a compromise.

既然在国会不可避免地会遭到失败，莱斯·阿斯平与柯林·鲍威尔和联席参谋长们拟订了一个折衷方案。

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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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