On January 22nd the Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program
hosted Major General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Marine Corps Representative to the
Quadrennial Defense Review. Russell Rumbaugh, director of the BFAD
program, then moderated a panel discussion featuring MajGen McKenzie, Dr. Maren
Leed, Senior Adviser at CSIS, and Benjamin
Friedman, Research Fellow at the Cato Institute. A complete recording of the
event is available here, and news reports regarding the event are
provided below.
Kill The QDR? Rep. Randy Forbes Says Still Time To Fix It (Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., AOL Defense)
2-star
QDR rep touts deterrence, readiness (Gina Harkins,
Marine Corps Times)
Budget
Uncertainty Trumps Quadrennial Defense Review (Sandra I. Erwin, National
Defense Magazine)
Marine
QDR Representative Stresses Support for Corps’ Force Structure Plan,
Asia-Pacific Strategy (Otto Kreisher, Seapower Magazine)
Hagel could use QDR to reshape Pentagon (Kate Brannen, Politco)
QDR Talk (Lee Hudson, Inside Defense)