Draft Memo Outlines 2005 QDR Issues, Process: Pentagon Sources

By Jason Sherman / January 11, 2005 at 5:00 AM
The Office of the Secretary of Defense is soliciting comments on a 40-page proposal that outlines issues to be examined in a strategy review that could shake up the size and structure of the U.S. military, as well as the mix of weapons it buys. This draft "terms of reference" would set the agenda and the process for the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review, set to begin next month and reach major conclusions by this summer. Pentagon sources familiar with the...

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