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VCJCS: DoD Efficiency Drill An Opportunity For Further ‘Rebalancing’

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Thursday, December 9th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic An internal effort by the Defense Department to identify and cut waste from its budget will also continue an earlier endeavor to 'rebalance' military capabilities by bolstering those needed for low-intensity conflict, a top Pentagon official said yesterday. "There...probably are still areas where we have excessive redundancy or we have capabilities that can be reduced," said Marine Gen. James Cartwright, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Cartwright was speaking at a breakfast hosted by…

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