Strategies outlined in the Pentagon's 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review were drawn to match budget decisions, and not the other way around, according to a panel of experts.rn"Was the QDR a budget-constrained exercise? My tentative assessment is, yes," said Stephen J. Hadley, co-chair of the 20-member independent commission to assess the QDR.rnHadley, national security advisor to President George W. Bush, and co-chair William J. Perry, former Secretary of Defense, testified in April to the House Armed Services Committee.rnThey were asked to provide a preliminary report on their panel's activities. Congress directed creation of the panel last year, when members questioned why defense programs were being cut back or eliminated while the strategy underlying them was still being crafted.rnHadley said that the managers of any QDR must walk a fine line between planning to cope with each and every potential threat and laying out a realistic defense posture. Without some consideration of anticipated spending levels, the QDR would have become a useless "pipe dream, unsupported by real financial resources," he said.
展开▼
机译：据专家小组称，五角大楼在《 2010年四年防务评估》中概述的策略是为了匹配预算决定而制定的，而不是相反。“ QDR是预算受限的活动吗？我的初步评估是，是的。”由负责评估QDR的20人独立委员会共同主席Stephen J.Hadley担任主席。布什总统的国家安全顾问，前国防部长William J. Perry共同主席rnHadley于4月作证，众议院武装部队委员会。rn他们被要求提供有关小组活动的初步报告。国会去年指示成立该小组，当时成员们质疑为何在制定防务计划的战略仍在制定之时就削减或取消防务计划。rnHadley表示，任何QDR的管理者都必须在计划与每个计划之间应对以及每种潜在的威胁，并提出切实可行的防御姿态。他说，如果不考虑预期的支出水平，《四年防务报告》将成为无用的“白日梦，没有实际财政资源的支持。”
展开▼
