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Pentagon Seeks To ‘Rebalance’ Conventional, Irregular Capabilities In Future Spending

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Friday, February 13th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic Defense Department officials are reexamining expenditures on several big-ticket weapon programs as they seek to bolster the military's irregular warfare capabilities, a senior Pentagon official said yesterday. "To rebalance the force, we're going to look hard at several modernization programs," said Michael Vickers, the deputy undersecretary of defense for special operations, low- intensity conflict and interdependent capabilities. Vickers was speaking at the National Defense Industrial Association's Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict Symposium in Washington. Vickers said the 2010…

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