Thursday, January 22, 2009

White House Web Site Lays Out National Security Agenda


From U.S. Department Of Defense:

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2009 – As President Barack Obama and the first family began moving into the presidential residence here yesterday, the administration unpacked a new presidential agenda on the White House’s official Web site.

Shortly after Obama took the oath of office, the president’s agenda, including Obama’s strategy for defense and Middle East policy, was uploaded to www.whitehouse.gov.

According to the agenda, the administration supports the effort begun in 2007 to increase the size of the Army by 65,000 soldiers and the Marine Corps by 27,000 to help units retrain and re-equip properly between deployments and decrease the strain on military families.

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My Comment: The link to the section on Defense is HERE.

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