Wolfowitz, Pace to Issue Preliminary Homeland Defense Planning Goals

By Jason Sherman / April 6, 2005 at 5:00 AM
Senior Pentagon officials this Saturday will delve into nightmarish scenarios of catastrophic terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in a bid to figure out how the military can best defend the American homeland and provide support to civil authorities in the aftermath of such an attack. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will chair the April 9 inaugural meeting of the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review, at which they are expected...

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