A video primarily featuring footage of a C-SPAN interview of US Congressman Les AuCoin on the Star Wars program (officially known as the Strategic Defense Initiative) and the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in 1987. In the interview, AuCoin advocates for arms control and the ABM Treaty, which would help restrain the Star Wars program, stating that "the ABM treaty means stability, and the Star Wars program means vulnerability." Various other video clips are included at the 58 minute mark until the end of the recording, including a speech by US Senator Gary Hart and news coverage of the 1984 election, including an interview with Bill Moshofsky.
A video recording featuring news coverage of funding for the Strategic Defense Initiative (AKA Star Wars) program and stealth bombers. US Congressman Les AuCoin notably appears at the 0:40 and the 3:00 minute marks, criticizing the Star Wars program and advocating for the funding to be spent elsewhere. This news story is likely from 1990.
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.
A speech by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin given before the Rotary Club of Beaverton on January 15, 1986. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin expressed his hopes for a nuclear arms control treaty admist the Cold War. He also discussed the Star Wars program (the Strategic Defense Initiative of 1984), Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the federal budget, and the Gramm-Rudman Acts. This is one of a collection of digitized objects 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).
