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then they went to bechtel. shultz, again, was president of the company. weinberger was the general counsel. then in the reagan administration weinberger was there first as secretary of defense. shultz only came in after haig resigned in the summer of 1982. they're two very, very different people. shultz is a very methodical, steady thoughtful person who is not a person that likes to battle over things, and he will fight on his turf. but weinberger is much more the guy who enjoys combat. at bechtel they said he would like to litigate. he wanted to get in there and scrap. their personalities are different. they had different bureaucratic positions, of course. weinberger at defense was suspicious of negotiations with the soviet union which seemed to raise questions about the need for a $300 billion defense budget. shultz wanted to carry on the negotiations. so, all through the administration they were at each other's throats on a variety of things, including response to terrorism and many other things that we all remember. c-span: a surprising note -- when i

you remember the water system program with bechtel? if you remember back to last. jacobs bought sudrift. and sudrift was bought by parsons and-- was bought out by parsons. this is resulted into some hardships are the cities. because, as these are purchased they start laying off some of the employees that we were working with. now they have a deeper binge. that is one of the things that is concerning me. another thing that we need to consider are the options with the cost of the work. for instance, otis. if you start buying up all the companies then you have contractors buying contractors in and they are the only ones that can give you a big. professional contractors i am not concerned as much as long as we have a few firms to negotiate with and to bid with. but i do understand the whole limit of competition and i think that is something that you and i do share and that we do need to pay more attention to. i will definitely work with you and the city atty. to see what we can do to try to minimize the impact to the p uc and other city agencies as well. >> thank you >

regret that the term limit applies to the person i am about to introduce her name is nancy hellman bechtel she's led the presidio trust and served with notable for 8 years she's a san franciscan from a family of san franciscans date to the 19th century also a person that leads by practice today, she gave me this envelope what is in this envelope? i believe in this envelope is a check representing a donation to the chronically foundation now how often does our landlord donate money to you? (clapping) >> would you, please welcome the leader what hospital insured the best corporation i can imagine about our landlord the presidio trust and we striving poor tenants nancy hellman beck at all (clapping) (laughter) wow. that's quite an introduction anyway it is my pleasure on behalf of the presidio trust to welcome you all here and really to thank convincing phenomenon for the nice words that's a pleasure to work with him as quinton said all of us who serve on the presidio trust it is a finite term i'd like have the pleasure of being on this board for 7 plus years and chairman for the last 4 years

you remember the water system program with bechtel? if you remember back to last. jacobs bought sudrift. and sudrift was bought by parsons and-- was bought out by parsons. this is resulted into some hardships are the cities. because, as these are purchased they start laying off some of the employees that we were working with. now they have a deeper binge. that is one of the things that is concerning me. another thing that we need to consider are the options with the cost of the work. for instance, otis. if you start buying up all the companies then you have contractors buying contractors in and they are the only ones that can give you a big. professional contractors i am not concerned as much as long as we have a few firms to negotiate with and to bid with. but i do understand the whole limit of competition and i think that is something that you and i do share and that we do need to pay more attention to. i will definitely work with you and the city atty. to see what we can do to try to minimize the impact to the p uc and other city agencies as well. >> thank you >

regret that the term limit applies to the person i am about to introduce her name is nancy hellman bechtelith notable for 8 years she's a san franciscan from a family of san franciscans date to the 19th century also a person that leads by practice today, she gave me this envelope what is in this envelope? i believe in this envelope is a check representing a donation to the chronically foundation now how often does our landlord donate money to you? (clapping) >> would you, please welcome the leader what hospital insured the best corporation i can imagine about our landlord the presidio trust and we striving poor tenants nancy hellman beck at all (clapping) (laughter) wow. that's quite an introduction anyway it is my pleasure on behalf of the presidio trust to welcome you all here and really to thank convincing phenomenon for the nice words that's a pleasure to work with him as quinton said all of us who serve on the presidio trust it is a finite term i'd like have the pleasure of being on this board for 7 plus years and chairman for the last 4 years i had the privilege of being here when th

regret that the term limit applies to the person i am about to introduce her name is nancy hellman bechtelith notable for 8 years she's a san franciscan from a family of san franciscans date to the 19th century also a person that leads by practice today, she gave me this envelope what is in this envelope? i believe in this envelope is a check representing a donation to the chronically foundation now how often does our landlord donate money to you? (clapping) >> would you, please welcome the leader what hospital insured the best corporation i can imagine about our landlord the presidio trust and we striving poor tenants nancy hellman beck at all (clapping) (laughter) wow. that's quite an introduction anyway it is my pleasure on behalf of the presidio trust to welcome you all here and really to thank convincing phenomenon for the nice words that's a pleasure to work with him as quinton said all of us who serve on the presidio trust it is a finite term i'd like have the pleasure of being on this board for 7 plus years and chairman for the last 4 years i had the privilege of being here when th

talked about 200 billion dollars, but i'd like to see well so far it has been black -- blackwater -- bechtel, halliburton, but it hasn't been the companies inside louisiana new orleans, mississippi, and alabama, or for that matter, even companies that have the expertise and wherewithal in four congress -- fourth congressional district i would like the issue of contracts to be addressed, even though i oppose -- i posed the question to the secretary i didn't get a response from him as well. >> okay thank you. >> mr. chairman will we be allowed a second round of questioning. >> see how quickly this goes we have second panel as you know need to get through by 4:00. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, i am struck by many emotions right now, one of them is i'm in awe what people in new orleans have had to do to deal with the fact they don't have a home and place to live. and you know, just having to face that makes me try to put myself in your shoes i can't do that. there is another part that wants to be careful because i don't want to be offensive, when you have gone through such incredible

talked about 200 billion dollars, but i'd like to see well so far it has been black -- blackwater -- bechtelhalliburton, but it hasn't been the companies inside louisiana new orleans, mississippi, and alabama, or for that matter, even companies that have the expertise and wherewithal in four congress -- fourth congressional district i would like the issue of contracts to be addressed, even though i oppose -- i posed the question to the secretary i didn't get a response from him as well. >> okay thank you. >> mr. chairman will we be allowed a second round of questioning. >> see how quickly this goes we have second panel as you know need to get through by 4:00. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, i am struck by many emotions right now, one of them is i'm in awe what people in new orleans have had to do to deal with the fact they don't have a home and place to live. and you know, just having to face that makes me try to put myself in your shoes i can't do that. there is another part that wants to be careful because i don't want to be offensive, when you have gone through such incredible c