Gordon England, the acting deputy defense secretary, has slashed the number of issues being examined in the Quadrennial Defense Review from a mounting, unwieldy list of more than 140 to what Pentagon officials believe is a manageable three dozen. The move comes as the sweeping assessment advances toward a July 9 "senior summit" of Pentagon leaders, where an initial tranche of QDR decisions is expected to be made. Pentagon officials involved in the QDR, who declined to be identified because...
