Dr. Richard Schultz recommended that as the US develops strategies to respond to new threats, all the instruments of statecraft, including covert special operations forces, should be seriously considered.
Realizing
True Jointness in the QDR Process and Product--
How We Do It Right
Senator
Jack Reed
Dr. David S.C. Chu
Dr. Jacquelyn K. Davis
Dr. Richard H. Shultz Jr.
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Introduction: The 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review will offer unique opportunities and challenges. The last QDR provides valuable lessons that could improve both the process and the outcome of the next reviewchief among these is the recurring theme of the conference, cooperation. The next QDR will challenge old modes of thinking, offer alternatives to the status quo, and call many Service equities into question. Our challenge is to find a way, as a defense community, to garner the greatest possible value out of the process. In order to develop the best defense strategy and program for the nation as we enter the 21st century, we must approach the process jointly.
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