General: Defense Strategy Assessment Needed To Steer QDR

By Christopher J. Castelli / March 4, 2013 at 10:16 PM
The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review should be steered by an up-front assessment of how diminishing resources might force the Obama administration to revise or rewrite its defense strategy, Maj. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the Marine Corps' lead officer for the QDR, said today. McKenzie, who spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, argued that the QDR process, slated to end with a report to Congress in early 2014, must begin with an understanding of how looming budget cuts might...

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