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This week's interview

• Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin's Systems Integration business,
  Robert B Coutts
  (6 June 2001)

Previous interviews

• Brazilian Minister of Defence,
  Geraldo Magela da Cruz Quintão
  (30 May 2001)
  
  
• Commander of the National Liberation Army's Central Brigade,
  Commander Hoxha
  (23 May 2001)
  
  
• Director General Indian Border Security Force,
  Gurbachan Jagat
  (16 May 2001)
  
  
• President of Romania,
  Ion Iliescu
  (9 May 2001)
  
  
• Chief liaison officer, East Timor Defence Force,
  Commander Filomeno Paixao
  (2 May 2001)
  
  
• Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic,
  Josef Stank
  (25 April 2001)
  
  
• Thales defence's chief executive,
  Richard Moon
  (18 April 2001)
  
  
• Commander UAE Air Force and Air Defence,
  Brig Gen Khalid bin Abdullah Mubarak
  (11 April 2001)
  
  
• Chairman and chief executive officer of Raytheon,
  Daniel Burnham
  (4 April 2001)
  
  
• Royal Norwegian Army Chief of Staff,
  Maj Gen Roar Haugen
  (28 March 2001)
  
  
• Prime Minister of Lebanon,
  Rafiq Hariri
  (21 March 2001)
  
  
• US Director of naval intelligence,
  Rear Admiral Rick Porterfield
  (14 March 2001)
  
  
• Commander of NATO's Kosovo Force,
  Lt Gen Carlo Cabigiosu
  (7 March 2001)
  
  
• Turkish Undersecretary for Defence Industry,
  Professor Dursun Ali Ercan
  (28 February 2001)
  
  
• Jr Commanding General, US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command,
  Major General John Caldwell
  (21 February 2001)
  
  
• Chief Executive of BAE Systems,
  John Weston
  (14 February 2001)
  
  
• Chairman of the Japan Defence Agency's Joint Staff Council ,
  Gen Yuji Fujinawa
  (7 February 2001)
  
  
• Commander of Sri Lanka Army,
  Lt Gen Lionel Piyananda Balagalle
  (24 January 2001)
  
  
• India's Chief of Army Staff,
  Gen Sunderajan Padmanabhan
  (17 January 2001)
  
  
• Commander, US Pacific Air Forces,
  Gen Patrick Gamble
  (10 January 2001)
  
  
• Chief of Joint Operations, South African National Defence Force,
  Lt Gen Deon Ferreira
  (3 January 2001)

Recent Interviews

Robert B Coutts Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin's Systems Integration business, (6 June 2001) Geraldo Magela da Cruz Quintão Brazilian Minister of Defence, (30 May 2001) Commander Hoxha Commander of the National Liberation Army's Central Brigade, (23 May 2001) Gurbachan Jagat Director General Indian Border Security Force, (16 May 2001)

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