Still business-as-usuall at defense.

• Author: Erwin, Sandra I.
• Position: Defense Insider - Brief article

* There is also a sense that the Pentagon is not ready to give up any turf In a speech to the CSIS conference earlier that day; Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn delivered a keynote speech in which he mapped out a future where the U.S. military would have to be ready for any conceivable form of warfare, from low-intensity counterinsurgencies to high-end battles against well-armed adversaries.

Not only are there internal disagreements within the Pentagon and the Obama administration over what the military services will be doing in the future, but factions within Congress also will be pushing individual agendas. "In Congress, you have 535 individuals and every one of them thinks they're in charge." O'Keefe said. "If you don't have some benchmark to work with to start the discussion" the Pentagon will lose control over what gets cut in future budgets.

"If there is no strategic framework, that is what will happen: The...