Washington Post – The Pentagon has drafted terms for an ambitious reshaping of U.S. forces that would put less emphasis on waging conventional warfare and more on dealing with insurgencies, terrorist networks, failed states and other nontraditional threats.
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Daily Archives: January 26, 2005
Intelligence – Secret Unit Expands Rumsfeld's Domain
Washington Post – The Pentagon, expanding into the CIA’s historic bailiwick, has created a new espionage arm and is reinterpreting U.S. law to give Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld broad authority over clandestine operations abroad. This confirms details of the New Yorker story on this subject from last week???
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US Marines – NBCD Equipment Consolidation
Marine Corps Gazette – For intervals between wars, the nuclear, biological, and chemical defense equipment (NBCDE) readiness in the Marine Corps has been like the neglected stepchild. With the global war on terrorism all around us, the authors identify a much needed change in our NBCD posture.
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