[iwar] [fc:Pentagon's.'Primary.Mission'.Now.Homeland.Defense]

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Subject: [iwar] [fc:Pentagon's.'Primary.Mission'.Now.Homeland.Defense]
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USA Today
October 1, 2001
Pentagon's 'Primary Mission' Now Homeland Defense
Review identifies 'primary mission'
By Andrea Stone, USA Today

WASHINGTON - Homeland defense is now the Pentagon's "primary mission,"
and a military once focused on fighting overseas wars must now beef up
its intelligence and surveillance efforts to fight terrorism, a major
defense review is expected to report today. 

The nation's new military strategy "restores the emphasis once placed on
defending the United States, its air and sea approaches," a draft of the
quadrennial review says.  At the same time, it assures friends and
allies that "the United States will not retreat from the world." The
document, to be released at the Pentagon today, is the result of three
months of closed-door meetings by uniformed and civilian officials. 
Analysts say its main points - including the importance of intelligence,
space, information warfare, long-range precision-guided weapons and
missile defense - remain unchanged. 

But the language and emphasis in this blueprint for the military
reflects new realities since the attacks.  The draft says, "Contending
with uncertainty must be a centerpiece of U.S.  defense planning." The
military must "be able to adapt to surprise when it occurs," the draft
review says Defending U.S.  territory has long been a key issue for
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.  But it is now "the core of national
strategy," says Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington
Institute.  "The events of Sept.  11 have validated the administration's
priorities."

The report emphasizes the military's role in homeland defense.  It says
the Pentagon "must be capable of providing civil support" to other
federal agencies.  The document also reiterates warnings that future
attacks could include "more destructive chemical, biological,
radiological, nuclear and high explosive weapons." It speaks of the need
to "isolate the most immediate threats, such as global terrorist
networks." The document says that the terrorist attacks preclude any
"substantial reductions in forces." Talk of reducing the current level
of 1.4 million troops or cuts in the Navy's 12 aircraft carrier battle
groups are off the table for now. 

Other review highlights:

*Instead of preparing to fight two wars simultaneously in the Persian
Gulf and the Korean peninsula, the Pentagon will focus "more on how an
adversary might fight than on who the adversary might be and where a war
might occur."

*Concentrating U.S.  forces in Western Europe is "inadequate" in the
post-Cold War world, and a "reorientation" of overseas troops should be
undertaken to increase their presence in the vast Pacific. 


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