The Defense Department has assigned Christine Fox, the head of the Pentagon's cost assessment and program evaluation shop, a central role in its ongoing strategic-choices assessment, a move that underscores DOD's interest in maintaining its current strategy while revising related budget priorities. Fox has been given a special role as the "shepherd" of the Strategic Choices and Management Review (SCMR), a senior defense official told InsideDefense.com . Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is leading the review, along with Chairman of...