[IP] Paris Airshow Opens; US Execs Stay Home

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "Ole J. Jacobsen" <ole@cisco.com>
Reply-To: Ole Jacobsen <ole@cisco.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 01:25:44 -0700 (PDT)
To: David Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
Subject: Paris Airshow Opens; US Execs Stay Home


LE BOURGET (Reuters) - The 45th Paris Air Show kicked off on Saturday
without the presence of a single top executive from a leading U.S. defense
contractor.

Lockheed Martin, the world's top arms maker, confirmed last week that its
Chairman and Chief Executive Vance Coffman had pulled out of the show,
citing scheduling conflicts.

Coffman had been the only CEO of a top U.S. aerospace or defense firm
planning to attend the show, the world's leading gathering for aerospace
executives, military brass and flying fans.

Lingering U.S. resentment over France's staunch opposition to the war in
Iraq (news - web sites) has led the Defense Department to scale back
sharply on its participation and, according to Washington insiders, put
pressure on U.S. companies not to attend.

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Rest of story at:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=586&e=7&u=/nm/20030
615/wl_nm/airshow_dc

Ole


Ole J. Jacobsen
Editor and Publisher,  The Internet Protocol Journal
Tel: +1 408-527-8972   GSM: +1 415-370-4628
E-mail: ole@cisco.com  URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj



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