Gates And New Obama Team Launch 'strategic Reshaping' Of U.s. Military

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates Feb. 13 convened the first high-level meeting between newly installed Obama administration Pentagon leaders and top uniformed commanders to discuss immediate plans for a "strategic reshaping" of the Defense Department's weapons portfolio, directing eight newly formed teams to prepare options for recalibrating the modernization accounts in the fiscal year 2010 budget request, according to DOD officials.rnAlong with Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, and Pentagon comptroller Robert Hale - who were recently confirmed by the Senate ~ Gates met with service chiefs and combatant commanders to address a major near-term objective: constructing a new spending request in line with the Obama administration's policies.