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Security Can’t Stop With DoD
The newly released Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) is a welcome initiative by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to provide some strategic planning horizons for U.S. diplomats. That document correctly focuses on using the contributions of all U.S. agencies operating overseas and coordinating their efforts in-country.
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Protect JFCOM’s Mission: New Threats Require Innovative Responses
In the years leading up to World War II, the U.S. Navy staged elaborate mock battles to train its personnel, test its resources and refine its tactics. The nearly two dozen “Fleet Problems” exercises conducted between 1923 and 1940 also provided an excellent opportunity for the Navy to incorporate new equipment into its strategic thinking, and resulted in an increased reliance on the aircraft carrier as the most dominant force at sea.
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Avoiding a DoD Bailout
Secretary Gates said recently: “If the Department of Defense can’t figure out a way to defend the United States on a budget of more than half a trillion dollars a year, then our problems are much bigger than anything that can be cured by buying a few more ships and planes.” He has a point. The problems in the defense budget are much bigger than the recent debates over buying more F-22s, cancelling the Presidential Helicopter, or building an alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. In fact, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) problems are eerily similar to the challenges General Motors faced a year ago.