Joint Staff officials plan to formally offer a small number of key military problem areas, distilled from a classified analysis of combatant commanders' needs, as input for the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review deliberations, according to sources. The so-called Comprehensive Joint Assessment, managed by the Joint Staff, has yielded an 1,800 page-long document detailing suggested improvements from combatant commanders for the conduct of operations worldwide. Officials are now finalizing a summary, presently totaling about 40 pages, out which "not more than...
