The Nation - News from Aug. 16, 1985
A presidential commission launched an investigation into Pentagon buying practices with statements from Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger. The 15-member Commission on Defense Management, headed by former Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard, met for nearly three hours with Weinberger and James Wade, the assistant secretary for research and engineering who is responsible for the acquisition of weapons and their spare parts.
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