Rumsfeld Eyeing 2005 QDR as Vehicle for Historic Changes

By Jason Sherman / February 3, 2005 at 5:00 AM
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld plans to use the Quadrennial Defense Review to bring about historic changes and mold U.S. military might into more dynamic packages that are better able to deal with a wider range of threats, according to a senior Pentagon official. Ryan Henry, principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy and a key overseer of the 2005 QDR, said Rumsfeld believes the convergence of lessons gathered from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and new tools for managing...

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