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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaejo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points * Between twoh-irds nd thrice-qirters of the defense budget is essentially fenced and fixed each year befre the Department of Defense and Congress can snake changes to advance the oeensr' strateoy no address threatm. e Inflation is brastcaly cutting InrtC th Departrent of Defense's buying power andi further redu ing th tittle share left to decisior mak<ers to tund new programns, concepts, an tur and Eld Syste'rns. Fm rourmnent iincras ngythe bill payer' `or fixed costs and autopilot spending at the ta grn, erdn t reduced production, aIsjointed fieldno, and u n healthy' Suph'y cians that Supporr the warfighter. Prioritizng is hard but necessary. Ameican fr- Cignl and lef nse pr'icytmekers of all stries c ae been unable to 'do so withi strategy or 1he budge.t consi-'ently for deu°e. IThe result is a mnilitary sleenwalking inato srategic insoivec;y Wehile eletin' tie threat of China is 0fiart, a the 201.8 defense strateg; did, thb most recent National Defense Strategy :s adcitive ri nature---- expanding mission scale ad scope without corre- sponding manpcwer, cncepts, and d cllars.' The result is another force-panning naostruct that does not adequately account ir the fell breadth of what ihe nation asks the armed frrCe to s in war or peace. Curren and pianne d d refes cudgets will 2101 he sufficint to carry out ther a1 requirenments of US trategy. Re+ting tis 3mismiatch .w ill reqi re more Enest- mset and fewer demands on U S ftrces Defense planning sho aid rest 00 realistic ass umnptions about the inability of polcymakers to make hard choices ani a cautious appreciation for the observed historical and expected futre requirements of America's armed forces. A Bureaucracy on Rise and Repeat The defense budget is ey-wateringy large. So why can't it sote the strategy? to compelte and win if necessar y? Itr c't do so :ecause much of the deon se budget is enced off 'hi must-pay biles, eaving pre - cious ittle trade space for any beader seeking to inIpose ehbage on the planet's iargpest i Jureaucrtcy. As former henvaCon (Comnptrrder Di0 d Norquist has highlighted, the department shifts only to-1 cr- cent ? i0 a iudget acy year, given the many in:er- ent tixed osts of running a three million p'rson enter'e ( igure r). Prom the re, C 0ngreos ly tinkers with afraction of the total budget (about g per cet)

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