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Chairman of The Joint Chiefs Expects New ‘Valuation’ of Risk For Future Force

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

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The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff yesterday issued Strategic Direction to the Joint Force, saying he expects “a new valuation of risk” as the joint force of 2020 is developed. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said, "Today’s troubled political economy is elevating the relevance of cost and reality of financial risk. Discontinuous change, such as the Arab Spring, and systemic competition over nonrenewable resources are upending conventional geo-political wisdom. Expected economic trends and unexpected global events invite us to…

Congress

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