Article by Colin Cark, from DoDBuzz.com, April 29, 2009
It sounds almost Chinese. The five threats. The five challenges. The six principles.
That was how Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, outlined the Pentagon's approach to the Quadrennial Defense Review. But the key to this QDR: balance. Balancing current operational needs with an increasingly uncertain future and balance between the current and future budgets. Flournoy said Defense Secretary Robert Gates was sharply focused on balance, as he made clear in his April 6 budget speech. Among the key decisions in this QDR will be what kind of investments the country will make in the future. Greater priority should be given to systems that respond to asymmetric challenges, she said. Click on URL to read more!
