Pentagon Sets 25 Goals, Many Launched by Rumsfeld, to End Bush Era

By Jason Sherman / August 21, 2007 at 5:00 AM
Pentagon leaders have framed more than two dozen goals for the defense bureaucracy to achieve during the final months of the Bush administration, including a new process for determining which new weapon systems the U.S. military should develop and purchase. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England and other Pentagon leaders have identified 25 specific initiatives to "advance to a major milestone" or be implemented by December 2008, a task that aims to both institutionalize reforms initiated by former Defense Secretary Donald...

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