Pentagon Issues New Strategy to Combat WMDs

By Jason Sherman / March 24, 2006 at 5:00 AM
The Defense Department has issued a new strategy for combating weapons of mass destruction, spelling out military objectives and responsibilities for dealing with the threat of nuclear, biological, chemical and dirty bombs. Issued Feb. 13 by Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the new strategy is intended to "ensure the members of the U.S. military are able to operate as a single team" in dealing with weapons that many defense experts believe present a grave threat...

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