In his most detailed speech yet on national security issues, President Bush said today that his fiscal year 2002 budget would include $2.6 billion "as a down payment on the research and development effort that lies ahead," to transform the United States military. Speaking at Joint Forces Command headquarters at Norfolk, VA, Bush said the defense review now being conducted by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld "will mark the beginning of a new defense agenda and a new strategic vision." The...
