State Department's Nation-Building Plan Will Need Army Support

摘要

The State Department issued the First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), Leading Through Civilian Power, on December 15, 2010. In her foreword, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explains the origin of the QDDR: "When I was a Senator, I served on the Armed Services Committee, where I watched the Defense Department go through its impressive Quadrennial Defense Review [QDR]. I saw how the QDR provided a strategic plan for the department.