Steve Kosiak
Steve Kosiak
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I would be very surprised to see Congress taking a big whack at this.
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Funding for the major recommendations will go to Congress in the Defense budget on Monday and Congress will have its say on them.
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In addition, the intercontinental ballistic missile force is aging and it's not clear that the nuclear mission is a big priority anymore for the Defense Department or Air Force. They want to acquire new fighters and deep-strike forces that can be used in conventional, not nuclear conflicts.
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The QDR is a plan or blueprint of what the Bush administration wants to do the next several years with military forces, but it's not a done deal.