Quadrennial Defense Review: Future Reviews Could benefit from Improved Department of Defense Analyses and Changes to Legislative RequirementsDIANE Publishing |
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Page 40 - Review (QDR) to include a comprehensive examination of the defense strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the defense program and policies with a view toward preparing the armed forces of the United States for the security environment of the 21st Century.
Page 40 - ... quadrennial defense review') of the national defense strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the defense program and policies of the United States with a view toward determining and expressing the defense strategy of the United States and establishing a defense program for the next 20 years.
Page 41 - (7) The anticipated roles and missions of the reserve components in the national defense strategy and the strength, capabilities, and equipment necessary to assure that the reserve components can capably discharge those roles and missions. "(8) The appropriate ratio of combat forces to support forces (commonly referred to as the 'tooth-to-tail...
Page 40 - ... (c) Assessment of Risk. - The assessment of risk for the purposes of subsection (b) shall be undertaken by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That assessment shall define the nature and magnitude of the political, strategic, and military risks associated with executing the missions called for under the national defense strategy. (d) Submission of QDR to Congressional Committees. - The Secretary shall submit a report on each quadrennial defense...
Page 1 - GAO, 21st Century Challenges: Reexamining the Base of the Federal Government, GAO-05325SP (Washington, DC: February 2005).
Page 24 - GAO has advocated a comprehensive threat and/or risk management approach as a framework for decision making that fully links strategic goals to plans and budgets, assesses values and risks of various courses of actions as a tool for setting priorities and allocating resources, and provides for the use of performance measures to assess outcomes. Most prominently, two federal agencies with significant national security...
Page 31 - ... ground transportation capabilities required to support the national defense strategy. (10) The forward presence, pre-positioning, and other anticipatory deployments necessary under the national defense strategy for conflict deterrence and adequate military response to anticipated conflicts. (11) The extent to which resources must be shifted among two or more theaters under the national defense strategy in the event of conflict in such theaters.
Page 8 - Department is to examine the defense strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the defense program and policies with a view toward determining and expressing the defense strategy of the United States and establishing a revised defense program through the year 2005.
Page 9 - The report shall include the following: (1) The results of the review, including a comprehensive discussion of the national defense strategy of the United States and the force structure best suited to implement that strategy at a low-to-moderate level of risk.
Page 2 - ... the budget plan that would be required to provide sufficient resources to execute successfully the full range of missions called for in...