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If the outgoing Secretary of Defense Robert Gates can be said to have a major vice it has been his tendency to telegraph and even undermine the results of major strategic reviews performed by his department -- even before the analyses have been completed. For example, in early 2009 Foreign Affairs
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Date:
6/6/2011
The great post-September 11 defense build up is drawing to a close. Over the last decade defense spending doubled. As the threat appears to be diminishing and as domestic economic difficulties loom large there are increasing calls to reduce defense budgets and the size of the military. Even those
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Date:
7/22/2010

