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What's Wrong with America's Military?
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Item Title What's Wrong with America's Military?
Guest Hadley, Arthur T.
Guest Lind, William
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedJuly 23, 1986
Description

Between the Reagan Administration's push for a defense buildup and Congress's (and especially Rep. Les Aspin's) push for restructuring, the problems with the military were much in the news. The civilian viewer may find this hour exasperating, in that we come away without The Answer (WFB: "Is it your judgment that the level of competence and intelligence in the volunteer army is insufficient to the achievement of what it is that we need?" WL: "No." AH: "Yes."), but we do get a good idea of which questions to ask. WL: "If you're a young officer who, say, wants to stay as a company commander ..., wants to stay as a fighter pilot, you can't do that. You have to metamorphose yourself into a bureaucrat... The kind of young officer you most want to keep is the kind who gets out in disgust and frustration at that point. And the kind who stays, too often ... is the sort of person who's comfortable playing the courtier games ... who's comfortable as a military yuppie, if you will."

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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
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Medium television programs
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4:3
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color
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sound
Hoover IDProgram S0701
Record Number80040.943
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