For immediate release.
St. Louis. – Sen. Jim Talent, American Freedom and Enterprise Foundation Honorary Chair, today was selected by House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) to serve on the Congressionally-mandated Independent Panel created to assess the Department of Defense’s Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR).
The Quadrennial Defense Review will assess the threats and challenges the nation faces and re-balance Department of Defense strategies, capabilities and forces to address today’s conflicts and tomorrow’s threats. The QDR is one of the principal means by which the tenets of the National Defense Strategy are translated into potentially new policies, capabilities and initiatives.
“Right now, America faces a greater spectrum of dangers than it did during the cold war, and every category of risk is demonstrably growing, Sen. Talent said. “I am honored to serve in this distinguished panel that will help shape the future of national security and defend against these threats.”
“Senator Talent is perfectly suited to serve on this panel and examine the Pentagon’s Quadrennial Defense Review,” said McKeon. “With tremendous respect from his peers and a wealth of experience in national security matters, I’m confident he will add value to the panel’s review process and provide Congress with recommendations that will help guide our thinking on the Quadrennial Defense Review.”
The panel is required to provide the Secretary of Defense and Congress with an initial report in the spring of 2010 and a final report by July 15, 2010. In addition, the Secretary of Defense is required to respond to the panel’s final report and its recommendations no later than August 15, 2010.
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