In a development that could alter the shape of the Pentagon's new investment plans, the Joint Staff is poring over spending proposals submitted by the military services to examine whether capabilities urgently required by combatant commanders are being adequately funded, according to Pentagon officials. At issue is a review of how well the services' six-year investment plans, or program objective memoranda (POMs), support a new -- and increasingly important -- category of requirements known as "most pressing military issues," which...
