Wynne: Pentagon To Consolidate WMD Defenses Into A Comprehensive System

By Jason Sherman / January 25, 2005 at 5:00 AM
The Pentagon is laying the groundwork for a new, comprehensive defense against weapons of mass destruction that could reorder billions of dollars in current investments, expose unknown vulnerabilities and justify the establishment of a major new organization, according to Pentagon documents and defense sources. Michael Wynne, the Pentagon's acting acquisition chief, wants all Defense Department efforts dealing with all aspects of weapons of mass destruction to be organized under a single entity rather than spread across the defense bureaucracy. Specifically,...

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