...from the Ministerial Guidance. This tacking by the USA was apparently a result of differences between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, especially as it was intimated that the JCS were prepared to accept the current draft. The...

...became the SALT talks. 442 Walt Rostow notes that the "upshot (of the meeting) was a compromise" between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 443 McNamara got the go-ahead for negotiations, and the Chiefs got some monies appropriated...

...weapons stockpile by inspecting all the military services' nuclear capable units and provides reports to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The Test Operations Directorate conducts aboveground high-explosive nuclear effects simulation...

...Control and Disarmament Agency; the Institute for Defense Analyses, the Center for Naval Analyses; the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense; the Defense Nuclear, Defense Mapping, and Defense Communications Agencies; the Congressional...

...warhead and launcher numbers. We have made input on our warfighting requirements through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. REDUCTION OF TRIAD TO ONE OR TWO LEGS Senator KEMPTHORNE. General Habiger, if a START III...

...organize, train, and equip their forces under title 10 of the US Code. Officials in both the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense view their own role in determining weapon requirements and acquisition programs only as advisory....

...Rome. If I can just signal my gratitude to the lawyers not only from the State Department, but from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, who labored extremely hard to get this right. What you have just pointed to is what we worked...

...PFP was the result of considerable interagency review in Washington, the primary impetus came from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 24. William Drozdiak, "NATO Balks at Opening Pact to E. Europe," Washington Post, 1 September...

...trade-offs, and explore alternatives. In 1998, however, we reported that officials in both the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense view their roles as members of these organizations in determining weapon requirements as only...

...answered. The weight that commanders bear before they lead troops into battle is enormous. The services, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense are obligated to lesson that weight as much as possible before the fighting begins. They must...