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Inside The Pentagon
November 16, 2000
At Close Range
Webb TV
James Webb, former Navy secretary in the Reagan
administration,
author of five novels and the brains behind the film
"Rules of
Engagement," is off to Hollywood again, this time for
a television
pilot to be called "The Pentagon."
Speaking at a Nov. 15 conference in Arlington, VA,
Webb announced his
involvement with the new TV series, which is slated to
air on CBS.
Webb -- no relation to Jack Webb of "Dragnet" fame --
has been tapped
to write the script for the pilot, although CBS has
yet to purchase
the former Navy secretary's work, a CBS source told
ACR this week.
"The Pentagon" will be a drama set in the Office of
the Secretary of
Defense, Webb said. Story lines will focus on seven
workers inside
OSD.
The idea for a program set in the Pentagon came from
Ron Howard's Imagine TV.
Webb scoffed at the idea that the show will be
patterned after NBC's
popular "The West Wing," a fictional account of life
inside the White
House. The former Reagan official derided the NBC
drama for being too
liberal.
Though fictional, "The Pentagon" could give the
general public a
better idea about what goes on behind the scenes at
OSD, Webb said.
No word yet if outgoing Defense Secretary William
Cohen has signed on
as a consultant.
R.W. Gaines GySgt USMC
1952-1972
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