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Congress

HASC Panel Releases Report To Prompt Discussion of DoD Reform

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Monday, March 10th, 2008

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By Jen DiMascio A House Armed Services Committee (HASC) panel released a study last week on the Defense Department's roles and missions intended as a "brainstorming" session to kick off an open-ended discussion about potentially sweeping changes to the Pentagon and across the administration. Although the report, a collection of essays about 700 words long, was intended to provoke thought more than spur concrete action, the report does present some opinions likely to cause heartburn in certain circles--including a nod…

Budget

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