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DoD Preparing For FYDP Strategic Investment Guidance

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Thursday, February 7th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt The Defense Department will soon receive strategic guidance for the future years defense budget, fiscal years 2010-2015, according to a top Pentagon official. "We're just finishing the guidance for the development of the force, which provides strategic guidance for our investment for the period FY'10-'15," Michael Vickers, assistant secretary of defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities, told the Defense Writers Group Feb. 6. "It's a classified document but it reflects the priorities of the Quadrennial…

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