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That included decisions about the size of the force and increasing military relations with Eastern European nations, as well as overseeing peacekeeping operations around globe.<br\/><br\/>In the contractor world, Perry is perhaps best known as the man who presided over 1993&#8217;s infamous &#8220;Last Supper,&#8221; where the then-deputy secretary hosted the CEOs of the top defense firms and issued the ultimatum that shrinking defense budgets would require consolidation among them.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perry\u2019s comments that night are seen as the starting point for a wave of mergers and acquisitions that dramatically changed the industry landscape \u2013 in a 2005 paper, Pierre Chao, then of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, noted that &#8220;By the end of the 1990s, 107 firms had become five&#8221; \u2013 creating the current, top-heavy defense industrial base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perry\u2019s influence remains seen throughout the Pentagon today, as current Defense Secretary Ash Carter has talked glowingly about him as a mentor, and Deputy Secretary Bob Work cites Perry frequently when discussing the need for the US needing a &#8220;Third Offset Strategy.&#8221; Republican senators who want to push through acquisition reforms have also noted Perry\u2019s technology-development role as a model they are looking to recreate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last year, Perry has re-entered the public discussion thanks to his vocal opposition to plans to modernize America\u2019s intercontinental ballistic missiles, warning that Russia and the US are headed to a nuclear modernization akin to that of the Cold War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I see an imperative,&#8221; Perry said last December, &#8220;to stop this damn nuclear arms race from accelerating again.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>This article is part of a larger Defense News 30-year anniversary project, showcasing the people, programs and innovations from the last three decades that most shaped the global security arena. 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