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JIEDDO Renamed And Given Expanded Mission

Monday, July 13th, 2015

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JIEDDO Renamed And Given Expanded Mission

The organization established to find ways of spotting and disposing of roadside bombs and other improvised explosives has been downsized and renamed, a restructuring that was done in parallel with the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Iraq and de-escalation in Afghanistan.The Defense Department unit formerly known as the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) on July 13 was formally renamed the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency. It becomes the Defense Department’s newest agency and will broaden its role from focusing on…

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