Summary

DEFENSE SECRETARY FRANK CARLUCCI TALKS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT’S ALLEGED PROCUREMENT SCANDAL

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 330044
Story Slug CARLUCCI - DOD SCANDAL PROBE (1988)
Location WASHINGTON, DC
Format TVD
Date 06/16/1988
Archive Time :30
TRT 2:58
Supers FRANK CARLUCCI US SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
Video Description TIGHT OF CARLUCCI IN HALLWAY SOT, CUTAWAYS, CARLUCCI TESTIFYING AT HEARING, CUTAWAYS
Description DEFENSE SECRETARY FRANK CARLUCCI TALKS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT’S ALLEGED PROCUREMENT SCANDAL
Script (SUGGESTED TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO) 00:00 Mr Secretary, Secretary, from what you 00:05 can tell, is this a case of rotten apples in a barrel, or is the whole barrel rotten? Well, that's a question for the Department of Justice My responsibility is the whole procurement process and the integrity of that process, and to the best of our knowledge that process is intact The vast majority of people who implement it are dedicated, trustworthy people We have to let the investigation run its course before we draw any judgments on how wide the investigation would be internal investigation 00:44 that would not be appropriate In fact, 00:48 the whole investigation was initiated in DOD and then referred to the Department of Justice, and the Department of Justice has taken charge of it What we do intend to do to preserve the integrity of the process is to set up a In fact, I this morning, designated a task force to look at the evidence as it comes out And that's a determination to be made by the Department of Justice to make certain that the integrity of our procurement process is protected, and that is to say that if there are any failings, we would be most anxious to correct them Do you know any members of Congress or their aides want to be subpoenaed, Mr Secretary? Where 01:40 Israel, democratic government is not possible without trust between the executive and legislative branches and between government and the equal case, which I'm sure that maybe heard about I will mention it simply because I live I was there when we let other governments COVID and 02:10 covert action 02:13 in almost every case We require you, program by program, and we work together with the Senate, as the house elected not to work with us on this work together with the Senate and threat an NFT that tightened up errors of judgment on the part of people, but it can stop a president from taking action, which he believes necessary, both of the Iran 02:42 Contra affair, the President's director specifically addressed the rare, extraordinary, certain points And I'm also looking forward to asking the secretary whether inclusion of my proposed amendment, which contains a very highlight
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Keywords

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
DOD
PROCUREMENT
SCANDAL
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
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