Dunford: Goldwater-Nichols proposal will help defense secretary improve command and control

By Jordana Mishory / March 29, 2016 at 4:09 PM
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff intends to make recommendations to Congress on how to modify the Goldwater-Nichols Act to ensure that the defense secretary is able to make better command and control decisions. Speaking Tuesday at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event, Gen. Joseph Dunford said the Pentagon needs to provide to the defense secretary a common operational picture and a common intelligence picture, noting that the current structure would be "wholly unsatisfying" for future...

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