Defense News has obtained a summary of the “alternative Quadrennial Defense Review” which is set for release on 29 July. The AQDR was led by former Clinton SecDef William Perry and by former Bush National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley. What does the AQDR say? That DoD can’t get where it needs to go through noble [...]
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A Massive ‘Non Concur’ On The 2010 QDR
Posted: July 28, 2010 in Alternative QDR, Defense News, QDR, Quadrennial Defense Review, Stephen Hadley, Uncategorized, William Perry0
This article originally appeared in Air University’s The Wright Stuff. What’s In A Word (Count)? If you haven’t looked at the February 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review, aka the QDR, here is a link known to work. Given some pretty well understood previous positions, the QDR contains few surprises, with the unexpected (to me, anyway) inclusion [...]
The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) is a legislatively mandated review of DoD strategy and priorities. Some in Congress feel the QDR has been used to avoid DoD transparency and accountability and that an honest review of fundamental national security issues will not be addressed in the QDR, but rather, that the QDR will rather be [...]
