Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> November 26, 2001
TODD B. ERNST is a Vice President/Aerospace and Defense Analyst at
Prudential Securities. Previously, he was associated with AT&T. Mr.
Ernst received his Bachelor's degree from DePauw University and his MBA
from the University of Michigan. Profile
CHARLES B. GABRIEL is an 18-year veteran of political forecasting for
institutional investors. A former Capitol Hill staffer, Mr. Gabriel is
an expert on how Washington fiscal and regulatory policy impacts the
banking, financial and defense industries, and was most recently named
as a team leader for Prudential Securities Incorporated's Financial
Services Group (PFSG). He joined PSI in February 1995, 12 years after
entering the field as a partner in The Washington Forum, a division of
the old Drexel Burnham Lambert. Prior to that, he worked as a
Legislative Assistant to Rep. Clarence J. Brown of Ohio. He is a
graduate of George Washington University, is married and has five
children. Profile
TWST: Chuck, how would you have defined the objectives of US defensepolicy at the beginning of the 21st century prior to the events of
September 11 and what has changed since then?
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