Defense Department officials have made significant headway with the Strategic Choices and Management Review, framing options for DOD's force structure, investments and other spending areas, but in some categories Pentagon leaders are pressing for bolder analysis as the assessment nears its finish line, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said today. The review, which is being led by Carter, working with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, is intended to realistically confront both strategic and fiscal challenges...
