Selva: Best case for saving money is targeting duplication in DOD

By Jordana Mishory / March 16, 2016 at 6:08 PM
The Pentagon needs to target duplication of effort and forgo some capabilities it may like to have in an aim to help save money, according to the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Speaking March 10 at the McAleese/Credit Suisse conference in Washington, Gen. Paul Selva said he categorizes defense tasks in three buckets: "things we must do, things we can do, and things we'd like to do." "Things you must do are your job," Selva said. "And...

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