THE GULF WAR: The Battle Front : Profile: Louis A. (Pete) Williams
Who: Assistant secretary of defense and chief Pentagon spokesman
Age: 38
Birthplace: Casper, Wyo.
Background: The onetime Wyoming TV broadcaster came to Washington in 1986 as press secretary to then-Rep. Dick Cheney (R-Wyo.), now secretary of defense.
Quote: “There’s some feeling that we know a lot more about battle damage than we’re saying. And we’re trying to convey to you that that is not the case.”
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