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Official Details DoD’s Approach To Upcoming National Defense Strategy

Official Details DoD’s Approach To Upcoming National Defense Strategy
Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Mara Karlin speaks with Qassem Al-Araji, Iraq National Security Advisor; Staff General al-Shimary, Deputy Commander of the Joint Operations Center – Iraq and a military delegation from the Government of Iraq for the next iteration of the U.S.-Iraq Military Technical Talks, as part of the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 22, 2021, while she was serving as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders)

A lead Pentagon official on Thursday detailed the department’s approach to the upcoming new National Defense Strategy, which will include “integrated deterrence” as a key focus and lay out an updated force planning construct. Mara Karlin, the acting deputy under secretary of defense for policy, signaled that while China is the Pentagon’s “pacing threat,” the new strategy will place a priority on strategic competition factors rather than a sole focus on challenges presented by Beijing. “We will, in many ways,…

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