http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,103562,00.htmlRumsfeld Lists Top DOD Priorities
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has set forth a collection of priorities intended to guide the Pentagon for the remainder of the Bush administration's second term, a list that calls for "significantly improving military intelligence capabilities" and meeting the challenge of roadside bombs, a scourge of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
These goals are the newest additions to a brief catalog of objectives for the U.S. military that Rumsfeld maintains and periodically updates. A copy of the previously undisclosed list, “Department of Defense -- Priorities 2006-2008,” dated March 20, reflects a number of changes from the last version to circulate in the spring of 2004.
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Among the new goals on the list of eight priorities is “focus on people -- military and civilian,” including caring for the wounded as well as the families of the fallen and those still serving. Rumsfeld has also set the broad goal to “improve effectiveness and efficiency across the board,” which encompasses making “the best use of taxpayer dollars in all that we do,” creating a “culture of efficiency,” and eliminating “waste at every level.”
The top priority, “pursue the global war on terrorism,” remains nearly the same as it was in the 2004 list, which used the wording “successfully pursue the global war on terrorism.” With two years’ experience and the benefit of a new defense strategy, the goal is refined to “win the long war” by reducing and defeating the threat of violent extremism.
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