Les AuCoin Collection

"Can America Be Defended?" program

A video recording of an episode of America's Defense Monitor titled "Can America Be Defended?" hosted by the WHMM television station in Washington, D.C. The program interviews experts on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) "Star Wars" and Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS) programs. U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin, an advocate for arms control, appears at the 1:20, 7:35, 11:18, 16:12, 22:47, minute marks.

This is a digitized version of an analog videorecording from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

WHMM

March 1, 1992

PUA_MS147_vid_060

Strategic Defense Initiative

Arms control

Oregon

United States

(1 video file: 29 min, 4 s)

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Pacific University Archives

MP4