On Eve Of 2014 QDR, Rep. Forbes Criticizes Previous Reviews' Results

By Sebastian Sprenger / February 12, 2014 at 6:11 PM
House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee Chairman Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) has written a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel criticizing the trajectory of past Quadrennial Defense Reviews just as the Pentagon is finishing up its latest iteration. The letter urges the Pentagon to break out of what Forbes perceives to be an unjustified budget equality among the services. "It is hard to believe that despite our shifting global commitments from deterring a crisis in places like Iraq...

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