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MICHELE A. FLOURNOY, UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY, DELIVERS REMARKS TO THE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ON U.S...
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOLDS A HEARING ON THE NOMINATIONS OF WILLIAM LYNN III TO BE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ROBERT HALE T...
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DEFENSE DEPARTMENT NEWS BRIEFING ON THE QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW AND BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE REVIEW
FEBRUARY 1, 2010
SPEAKERS: MICHELE A. F...
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DEFENSE DEPARTMENT NEWS BRIEFING ON THE U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS
DECEMBER 10, 2010
SPEAKER: MICHELE A. FLOURNOY, ...
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... MICHELE FLOURNOY, Under Secretary for Defense Policy;. V...
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Obama administration officials are considering Central Intelligence Agency director Leon Panetta, Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus as possible replacements for Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, according to an administration official.
Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, is also among the candidates being looked at to succeed Gates, who previously has said that he plans to retire sometime this year, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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WASHINGTON -- Top Pentagon officials on Wednesday gave their most upbeat assessment of the war in Afghanistan in months but warned of possible setbacks as record numbers of U.S. troops confront the prized Taliban stronghold of Kandahar this summer.
I'm cautiously optimistic," Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy told Congress, a view shared by a top general who testified alongside her before sometimes skeptical lawmakers.
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WASHINGTON | Top Pentagon officials on Wednesday gave their most upbeat assessment of the war in Afghanistan in months but warned of possible setbacks as U.S. troops confront the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar this summer.
I'm cautiously optimistic," Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy told Congress, a view shared by a top general who testified alongside her before sometimes-skeptical lawmakers.
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By SAM NUNN and MICHELE FLOURNOY
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In late September, the House Armed Services Committee unveiled its plans for a comprehensive, bipartisan Committee Defense Review. It is widely believed that the 2005 Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), ordered by Congress and due on Capitol Hill in Feb 2006, will lead to the most far-reaching changes in military organization and weapons-buying priorities since the Soviet Union dissolved. Michele A. Flournoy, who is now senior adviser to the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told the committee the 2005 QDR is especially critical for two reasons. First, the security environment has fundamentally changed since the last QDR was conducted, and second, Defense is facing a budget crisis. The Pentagon and Congress must improve how th...