61.   Few doubt that the defense industry was too large for a post-Cold War world.

62.   For several years, the Pentagon has encouraged consolidation in the defense industry as a way to reduce overhead costs in the face of drastically reduced defense budgets.

63.   France is selling Thomson SA as part of its plan to restructure the defense industry.

64.   France, trailing in the post-Cold War push to modernize its defense industry, only just this year began seriously cutting its defense budget.

65.   Former Raytheon chief executive Dennis Picard was the architect of the expansion, part of a broader consolidation in the defense industry.

66.   French President Jacques Chirac scheduled a speech for tomorrow to discuss the reorganization of the defense industry, as well as the army.

67.   Friday it canceled plans to auction off its majority stake and said it would reorganize the French defense industry with Thomson at its core.

68.   GM bought Hughes Aircraft then as a way to transfer electronic technology from the defense industry to the auto industry.

69.   Grappling with job losses from cutbacks in the defense industry, Connecticut will lose more than its largest homegrown bank.

70.   Hawley said Texas needs a lobbyist in Washington to make sure the state gets the most updated information about issues involving the military and defense industry.