...more than four decades of dominance, Soviet troops are withdrawing from central and eastern Europe. Our task today is to shape our defense capabilities...presence, we know that our forces can be smaller. Secretary [of Defense] Cheney and General Powell [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] are hard at...

...more than four decades of dominance, Soviet troops are withdrawing from Central and Eastern Europe. Our task today is to shape our defense capabilities...presence, we know that our forces can be smaller. Secretary Cheney and General Powell are hard at work determining the precise combination of forces...

...and equipped to operate in a chemical environment. Conclusions The national security strategy of ihc United Stales is evolving to provide the framework...backed up by the projection of forces from the United Slates for peacetime engagement and crisisaction. Thisevolution has fundamental implications for the...

...different." The President, as he continued to outline the task of reshaping our defense capabilities, noted: In a world less driven by an immediate threat to Europe...presence — we know that our forces can be smaller ... we calculate that by 1995 our security needs can be met by an Active force 25 percent smaller than...

...1990. address to the Aspen Institute Symposium, "Our task today is to shape our defense capabilities 10 these changing strategic circumstances. In a world...regional contingencies and peacetime presence -- we know thai our forces can be smaller." The national security strategy is evolving from one of containment...

...officials. "In a world less driven by an immediate threat to Europe and the danger of global war," he noted, "the size of our forces will increasingly be shaped by the needs of regional conflict and peacetime [military] presence [abroad]." In line with this new posture, with its emphasis...

...localized action in "a world less driven by the immediate threat to Europe and the danger of global war ... a world where the size of our forces will increasingly be shaped by the need of regional contingencies and peacetime presence." The secretary of the Navy, H. Lawrence Garrett...

...decades of dominance, Soviet troops are withdrawing from Central and Eastern Europe. The Task Today Our task today is to shape our defense capabilities...presence — we know that our forces can be smaller. Secretary (of Defense Dick) Cheney and Gen. (Colin) Powell are hard at work determining the precise...

...broad strategy for 'reshaping our forces' for the new security landscape. The president stated in part, The size of our forces will increasingly be shaped...needs of regional contingencies and peacetime presence ... A policy of peacetime engagement every bit as constant and committed to the defense of our interests...

...the speech was given largely as prepared. Bush boldly presented the new strategy and force structure: In a world less driven by an immediate threat to Europe...presence — we know that our forces can be smaller. . . . [W]e calculate that by 1995 our security needs can be met by an active force 25 percent smaller...