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Defense Department Considering Future of CYBERCOM

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, February 25th, 2016

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Defense Department Considering Future of CYBERCOM

The Defense Department is weighing whether to establish U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) as a unified combatant command that would be separate from its current parent command, U.S. Strategic Command, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday.“That is an arrangement that works now but is not necessarily optimal, which is why we’re looking at it,” he said during a House Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing. “We do have a reluctance to add new headquarters staff because of one of the things that we’re…

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