New Defense Strategy Calls for Proficiency Against 'Irregular' Threats

By Jason Sherman / March 16, 2005 at 5:00 AM
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has issued a new defense strategy that aims to reorient the U.S. military's focus from preparing to fight conventional armed forces to preparing to contend with a wider range of challenges, including insurgencies and catastrophic attacks. Pentagon officials say the first-ever "National Defense Strategy of the United States of America," a 20-page paper dated March 2005, is not just another glossy policy document. It is being used as the strategic backdrop for the 2005 Quadrennial Defense...

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