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Dimensions of the resource shortfall; means of managing defense business more efficiently; US; 3 articles.

AGRO-DEFENSE: U.S. READINESS FOR NATURAL AND TERRORIST THREATS TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE -- AGRO-DEFENSE: U.S. READINESS FOR NATURAL AND TERRORIST THREATS TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 HOMELAND SECURITY: ACTIONS NEEDED TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL TERRORIST ATTACKSAND NATURAL DISASTERS AFFECTING FOOD AND AGRICULTURE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- BACKGROUND -- NO CENTRALIZED COORDINATION EXISTS TO OVERSEE FEDERAL AGENCIES' OVERALL PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE NATION'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE DEFENSE POLICY

Part 1: Defense Policy and Strategy Development for Foreign Defense Institutions Part 2: Defense Governance and Management: Defense Policy and Strategy Seminar Material ; This two part paper is intended to assist United States government representatives in advising foreign defense institutions that seek to improve their defense governance and management capabilities. By defense institutions, we mean ministries of defense and the headquarters staffs of the armed forces and/or military services as well as other national level institutions responsible to plan for and manage thedevelopment and employment of armed forces. Part one's focus is on the conceptualization, development, and application of defense policy and strategy. Part two is a set of seminar materials provided as PowerPoint slides; some with annotated notes. These materials are for use by U.S. government representatives sent to educate or familiarize members of foreign defense institutions on the topics covered in part one. The slides are intended to be modular. Accordingly, a user is encouraged to adapt the seminar materials to the topics he or she wants to focus on and further modify based upon the audience. ; Office of the Secretary of Defense OUSDP (SPC/SC) ; This work was conducted by the Institute for Defense Analyses under contract HQ0034-14-D-0001, Project DF-6-3870, "Defense Institution Reform Initiative (DIRI) Program Support," for the Under Secretary of Defense for policy (USD (P)) and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) ; HQ0034-14-D-0001

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) Mobility, Reconnaissance, and Firepower Programs* -- Abstract -- Why Is This Issue Important to Congress? -- Background -- Types and Numbers of BCTs -- Light IBCTs -- Airborne IBCTs -- Air Assault IBCTs -- How IBCTs Are Employed -- Operational Environment -- Current and Projected IBCT Capability Gaps -- How Programs Address Capability Gaps -- The Systems -- GMV -- LRV -- MPF -- Programmatic Overview -- The Army's Acquisition Strategy -- GMV -- LRV -- MPF -- Budgetary Considerations -- FY2018 Budget Request -- GMV -- LRV -- MPF -- H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2018 (House-Passed Version) -- GMV -- LRV -- MPF -- Mobile Protected Firepower -- S. 1519, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2018 (Senate Committee-Passed Version) -- GMV -- LRV -- MPF -- H.R. 3219, Department of Defense Appropriations Bill, FY2018 (House-Passed Version) -- GMV -- LRV -- MPF -- Potential Issues for Congress -- IBCT Deployability -- GMV, LRV, and MPF Fielding -- Additional Resources to Support GMV, LRV, and MPF -- The Way Ahead for LRV -- Impact of a Potential Fiscal Year-Long Continuing Resolution (CR) on GMV, LRV, and MPF -- Chapter 2 -- Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress* -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Background -- Aegis Ships -- Ticonderoga (CG-47) Class Aegis Cruisers -- Overview -- "2-4-6" Program for Modernizing 11 Existing Aegis Cruisers -- Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) Class Aegis Destroyers -- Flight I/II and Flight IIA DDG-51s Procured in FY1985-FY2005 -- No DDG-51s Procured in FY2006-FY2009 -- Procurement of DDG-51s Resumed in FY2010 -- Transition to Flight III DDG-51 Design in FY2016 or FY2017 -- Aegis Ships in Allied Navies -- Aegis BMD System -- Versions of Aegis BMD System

As North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state and government gath- ered in Chicago for the 2012 NATO summit, the alliance was once again faced with an abundance of issues and challenges. Initially forecasted as a brief, in-progress review of the decisions taken at the 2010 Lisbon, Portugal, gathering, the Chicago summit quickly emerged as an important crossroads moment for the sixty-three-year-old alliance. The future of the alliance's forces in Afghanistan, continued support to Libya, cyberdefense, and missile defense were but a few of the pressing issues that found their way into an ambitious agenda and the sum- mit's final declaration.

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