By Katherine McIntire Peters kpeters@govexec.com
October 16, 2008
Two new reports by the non-partisan Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments detail some of the deep challenges the next administration faces in managing the all-volunteer military and a shrinking base of defense contractors.
The reports, released on Wednesday, focus on military manpower and the U.S. industrial base. They are part of a 15-part series the center is producing to inform the 2010 quadrennial defense review required by Congress and to help shape the next administration's defense strategy.
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