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GAO-10-755R 1 (2010-09-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanus0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A ~G A 0 .. .. A a bontabilty I Integrity I Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 September 28, 2010 The Honorable Carl Levin Chairman The Honorable John McCain Ranking Member Committee on Armed Services United States Senate The Honorable Ike Skelton Chairman The Honorable Howard P. McKeon Ranking Member Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Subject: Weapons of Mass Destruction: Actions Needed to Track Budget Execution for Counterproliferation Programs and Better Align Resources with Combating WMD Strategy Combating weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their means of delivery is one of the greatest challenges the United States faces. 1 Traditionally, the use of WMD-which include chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons-has been constrained by the logic of deterrence and of diplomacy, but these constraints may be of less utility in preventing the use of WMD by rogue states or terrorist groups. The Department of Defense (DOD) assigns top priority to dissuading, deterring, and defeating those who seek to harm the United States directly, especially extremist enemies with WMD. In 1994, Congress established an interagency committee, now known as the Counterproliferation Program Review Committee (CPRC), with a variety of duties related to coordinating the activities and programs of federal agencies that address improvements in the U.S. government's efforts to combat WMD. 2 The Secretary of Defense, as chairman of the CPRC, is required to report its findings biennially.3 The Departments of Energy, State, and Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence are also members of the CPRC, and must provide it with access to information on all pertinent programs, 1 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Publication 3-40, Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (June 10, 2009) I-1. 2 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, Pub. L. No. 103-160, § 1605 (1993) (as amended) (22 U.S.C. § 2751 note). 3 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, Pub. L. No. 103-337, § 1503 (1994) (as amended) (22 U.S.C. § 2751 note). Weapons of Mass Destruction, GAO-10-755R

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