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Army Future Requires Capabilities Investment Despite Financial Uncertainties, Officials Say

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, February 21st, 2013

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The Army is developing the underlying intellectual foundation for its future as it transitions from executing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to preparing for an uncertain future enmeshed in fiscal uncertainty. “The world as we know it today is as dangerous and complex as any in our past,” said Gen. Robert Cone, commanding general of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command. This new world and smaller Army will still require capabilities, both new and upgraded, to prevail in whatever mission…

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