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Hagel Reviewing Initial Results of Strategic Choices And Management Review

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 13th, 2013

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told members of both the Senate and House Budget Committees yesterday that he’s looking at early results of a review he mandated to help the Defense Department consider its plans in light of continued fiscal uncertainty and cuts. “I have received the initial internal results of the SCMR (Strategic Choices and Management Review) and am reviewing them now,” Hagel separately told both committees. “The results will inform our planning for FY 2014 as well as our…

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