Les Aspin was a Democratic congressman representing Wisconsin's First Congressional
District, 1970-1993. While in Congress he served on the Armed Services, Government
Operations, and Budget Committees and in 1985, he was selected to chair the Armed Services
Committee. In 1993, left Congress to serve as Secretary of Defense in the Clinton
administration and resigned in 1994. Aspin then joined the Marquette University faculty in
the international affairs program in Washington, D.C. in addition to his involvement with
other international political groups in D.C.
