The Pentagon's No. 2 official today approved a new directive that encapsulates a significant -- and controversial -- realignment of the U.S. defense bureaucracy, fulfilling an early goal of the Bush administration's Office of the Secretary of Defense to give combatant commanders more influence in budget decisions -- a domain previously the sole province of military service chiefs. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England signed the new directive -- No. 7045.20, on "Capability Portfolio Management." The eight-page document gives select combatant...
