[Stand-To!] February 07, 2006 (UNCLASSIFIED)

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SENIOR LEADERS ARE SAYING


The enemy the United States faces today is 'not a conventional nation-state
foe like the Soviet Union'. 
The enemy is dispersed, ruthless and consists of a global network of
extremists who intend to advance their 'radical aims' through nontraditional
means. QDR will improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the military and
will foster a move toward processes that will improve the joint capability
of the military and provide 'a framework to reshape the defense enterprise
to better support the warfighter'.

Gordon England  <http://www.dod.mil/bios/england_bio.html> 
Deputy Secretary of Defense





TODAY'S FOCUS


The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) Part 1

The QDR was released to the public on 6 February 2006. This 2006 Quadrennial
Defense Review is submitted in the fifth year of this long war. The QDR is
part of the continuum of transformation in the Defense Department. Its
purpose is to help shape the process of change to provide the United States
with strong, sound and effective warfighting capabilities in the decades
ahead.

The Quadrennial Defense Review takes a look at the capabilities the national
will need to prevail in this war. 

The QDR defines two fundamental imperatives for the Department of Defense:

* Continuing to reorient the Department's capabilities and forces to be more
agile in this time of war, to prepare for wider asymmetric challenges and to
hedge against uncertainty over the next 20 years. 

* Implementing enterprise-wide changes to ensure that organizational
structures, processes and procedures effectively support its strategic
direction. 

The QDR identifies the four most pressing demands our nation faces, and uses
this list to define what kind of capabilities and policies the military
needs to continue to reorient the force:

* Defeating terrorist networks;
* Defending the homeland in depth;
* Shaping the choices of countries at a strategic crossroads; and
* Preventing the acquisition or use of WMD by hostile states or non-state
actors. 

Important Links:

United States  <http://www.defenselink.mil/qdr/index.html> Department of
Defense site 

QDR Briefing on the Pentagon Channel
<http://pentagonchannel.feedroom.com/iframeset.jsp?ord=876830> 

QDR Report  <http://www.defenselink.mil/qdr/report/Report20060203.pdf> 

QDR Dominated by Uncertain, Unpredictable World
<http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2006/20060125_4010.html> 

Tomorrow: QDR Part 2 



NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY



*	Building the Army: video (NYT
<http://video.on.nytimes.com/ifr_main.jsp?nsid=b76f413e9:1094479f5b5:-6cc7&s
t=1139315533986&mp=WMP&cpf=true&fr=020706_073213_76f413e9x1094479f5b5xw6cc6&
rdm=42214.991810045896> ) 

*	U.S. Army to boost procurement, research spending (SDUT
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20060206-1032-bush-budget-army.
html> ) 

*	Bragg general up for 3rd star (FO
<http://www.fayettevillenc.com/article?id=225904> ) 

*	Squadron survived war zone (DNJ
<http://dnj.midsouthnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060207/NEWS01/6020
70312/1002> ) 

*	Army enlistment-age increase advantageous for some (FDNM
<http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~3229360,00.html> ) 

*	240 acres of business park go back to Army (CPO
<http://www.publicopiniononline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060207/NEWS
01/602070302/1002> ) 

*	Military budget grows, but troops shrink (Military.com
<http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,87270,00.html> ) 

*	Army plan may boost state firms (BG
<http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/02/07/army_plan_may
_boost_state_firms/>  | EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060207415911.html> )


WAR ON TERROR NEWS



*	Pentagon sees rise in 'Special Ops' Forces (NPR
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5191212> ) 

*	FACTBOX-Security incidents in Iraq, Feb 7 (MSNBC
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8371741/> ) 

*	On balance (WT
<http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20060206-093153-3150r.htm> ) 

*	Bomb attacks hit Baghdad market (BBC
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4688270.stm> ) 

*	NATO Troops fire on Afghan attackers (ABC News
<http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1588618> ) 

*	El Salvador to continue Iraq commitment (MH
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/13807752.htm> )


OF INTEREST



*	Opinion: 'From China to Denmark, media lessons' (CSM
<http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2006/0207/p08s02-comv.html> ) 

*	Troops are urged to avoid theaters with Turkish film (SS
<http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?article=34854&section=104> ) 

*	Opinion: 'Military pay study overlooks key factors' (YN
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060206/cm_usatoday/militarypaystudyoverl
ookskeyfactors;_ylt=Aqr54fKFMPkQMwirJG1Elnf6B2YD;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYw
N5bmNhdA--> ) 

*	US, British media tread carefully in cartoon furor (CSM
<http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2006/0206/dailyUpdate.html> ) 

*	Rioters clash with Afghan police, NATO (ABC News
<http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1588207> ) 

*	What do Arab journalists think of the Islamic cartoon scandal?
(SLATE <http://www.slate.com/id/2135449/?nav=fo> ) 

*	Cartoons with a sobering punch line (USN
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060213/13week.htm> ) 

*	Bush proposes seven percent increase in Defense spending (VOA
<http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-02-06-voa67.cfm> ) 

*	Furor refuses to abate in cartoon controversy (MSNBC
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10705393/> )


WORLD VIEW



*	Muslim protests spread in Asia (International Herald
<http://www.iht.com/pages/index.php> Tribune | story
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/07/news/islam.php> ) 

*	Cartoon protests sweep world (Gulf Times
<http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/index.asp?cu_no=2&temp_type=44>  |
story
<http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=71891&ver
sion=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56> ) 

*	A clash of rights and responsibilities (BBC News
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/>  | story
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4686536.stm> ) 

*	Iran paper plans Holocaust cartoons (Aljazeera
<http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage>  | story
<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FCE073DD-7F1B-4714-95F0-DD1F354F1D9A
.htm> ) 

*	Germany charges Iraqi man with funding insurgency (Swiss info
<http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=100>  | story
<http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6446600&cKey=1
139315717000> ) 

*	Four killed as Afghan crowd attacks Norwegian base (Reuters
<http://today.reuters.com/news/home.aspx>  | story
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-
02-07T131200Z_01_SP45626_RTRUKOC_0_US-RELIGION-CARTOONS-PAKISTAN.xml> ) 

*	Germany calls for dialogue of cultures amid cartoon conflict
(Deutsche  <http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,266,00.html> Welle | story
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1893974,00.html> ) 

*	Suspect builders linked to six U.S. base projects (The Japan Times
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/>  | story
<http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060207a6.html> ) 

*	Abu Hamza found guilty of soliciting murder (The Independent
<http://www.independent.co.uk/>  | story
<http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article343836.ece> )

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