Progress made by the Army and Air Force in rapidly fielding intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies to Iraq and Afghanistan will allow the Pentagon to do away with a special ISR task force, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today. Gates set up the senior-level ISR task force last year and told its members to come up with rapid deployment strategies. In August, Gates approved a $1 billion spending plan drawn up by the panel. Testifying before the Senate Appropriations defense...
