Lanterna Rally

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In the current debates, calls for a "Goldwater-Nichols for the Interagency" typically refer not to the content of the 1986 Act, but to aspects of the process that produced it: a comprehensive review of current legislation and approaches; bipartisan leadership of the reform effort; relatively sweeping solutions; the use of legislation to prompt closer integration. [...] The scope of topics addressed in the debates includes the following: • the distribution of national security roles and responsibilities among executive branch key players; • the capacity of individual agencies on the basis of their current structure, organization, policies, mandates, and institutional culture to fulfill their national security responsibilities; • coordination and integratio [...] Under the George W. Bush Administration, the National Security Council included the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Energy as statutory members; the Secretary of the Treasury; and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of National Intelligence in advisory capacities.18 The Homeland Security Council included the Secretaries of Homeland Security, Treasury, Defense, Health and [...] The current demand for our forces in Iraq and Afghanistan exceeds the sustainable supply and limits our ability to provide ready forces for other contingencies." How broadly to define the range of missions for which U. S. should prepare, and whether to dedicate forces to non-traditional missions, are current topics of debate within the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Services. [...] According to the 2004 Act, Section 1021, the Director of the NCTC reports directly to the President on joint counterterrorism operations, and to the Director of National Intelligence on the activities of its Directorate of Intelligence, and on budgetary and programmatic issues.