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Top Army Leaders Issue Command Intent For Fiscal Risk Mitigation

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, January 17th, 2013

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The top civilian and military Army leaders yesterday issued their “command intent” and immediate, but reversible, actions for risk mitigation in the face of fiscal uncertainty. The Jan. 16 memo from Army Secretary John McHugh and chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno follows guidance to the services by the deputy Secretary of Defense authorizing immediate steps to reduce expenditures (Defense Daily, Jan. 11). “Given the magnitude of our budgetary uncertainty, the Army must act now to reduce our expenditure rate…

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