JONES WORRIES ABOUT UNDERFUNDING MILITARY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

/ November 20, 2008 at 5:00 AM
The new administration must ensure U.S. combatant commanders receive adequate resources to support essential, global engagement activities that have faced budget challenges in wartime, retired Marine Gen. James Jones tells Inside the Pentagon . Jones, who retired from the military in February 2007 as NATO's top commander and head of U.S. European Command, responded to questions in an Oct. 30 interview about documents that show his former command has struggled to fund engagement efforts. "I think engagement is absolutely the...

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