Force Development Adviser: Rep. McKeon's QDR Claims Are 'Debatable'

By James Drew / March 19, 2014 at 3:44 PM
One of the authors of the Pentagon's latest Quadrennial Defense Review has answered a number of criticisms leveled against the QDR by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA). In a statement coinciding with the release of the congressionally mandated QDR on March 4, McKeon said he would introduce a bill to force the Pentagon to rewrite the review because it is "budget-driven, shortsighted and assumes too much risk" -- which would run counter to current legislation governing the...

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