A new Government Accountability Office capstone report on the Defense Department pulls together audit work from the past five years and highlights key readiness and budget challenges facing the military under a new presidential administration. The Pentagon faces five key challenges that "significantly affect the department’s ability to accomplish its mission," the June 13 report states. "These include the need to (1) rebalance forces and rebuild readiness; (2) mitigate threats to cyberspace and expand cyber capabilities; (3) control the escalating...
