Gates: Final QDR Moves To Institutionalize 'Ongoing Reform'

By Christopher J. Castelli / January 30, 2010 at 5:00 AM
The final version of the long-anticipated 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review shakes up budget plans to fix military capability gaps, outlines a new force-planning construct and downplays an earlier draft's language on China as a potential enemy. The QDR, the culmination of a year's work, is an important step toward "fully institutionalizing the ongoing reform" at the Pentagon and reshaping the military to meet the "urgent demands of today and the most likely and lethal threats of the future," Defense Secretary...

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