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HASC Goldwater-Nichols Reforms Include an Independent CYBERCOM, the Death of the Quadrennial Defense Review

Valerie Insinna

Friday, April 22nd, 2016

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HASC Goldwater-Nichols Reforms Include an Independent CYBERCOM, the Death of the Quadrennial Defense Review

An independent U.S. Cyber Command, a longer term for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the end of the Quadrennial Defense Review were just some of the Goldwater-Nichols style organizational changes suggested in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman’s mark of the National Defense Authorization Act.The overhauls proposed by HASC Chairman Rep. Mac. Thornberry (R-Texas) correspond with some of the same broad areas that the Pentagon focused on in its own reform effort, including the role of…

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Congress

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Army

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Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]