Rumsfeld May Issue Strategy Guidance Next Week

By Thomas Duffy / August 10, 2001 at 5:00 AM
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday that he expects to issue his long-awaited Defense Planning Guidance to the services. The document, issued annually, shapes how the military crafts its future spending plans. During a town hall meeting at the Pentagon yesterday, Rumsfeld said the guidance would be issued after he returns from an Aug. 11-14 trip to Moscow. The town hall meeting was closed to the press but was broadcast via closed circuit television and over the Internet. Tuesday evening,...

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