DoD Offers QDR Fact Sheet

Week of May 11, 2009

People who are interested in learning more about the Defense Department's Quadrennial Defense Review process can do so by accessing the QDR fact sheet on Defenselink, the Pentagon's public webpage. The QDR is performed every four years and its purpose is "to assess the threats and capabilities the nation faces, and then integrate strategies, resources, forces, and capabilities necessary to prevent conflict or conclude it on terms that are favorable to the nation now and in the future," says Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.