However, he said 2014 was the existing target date in the military strategy for the handover of security control to Afghan forces.

BBC: Afghanistan aid spending boost expected to be announced

The military strategy, he said, is to create a security situation which will allow the Afghan government to outlast the Taliban.

BBC: 'Losing people is never easy'

The military and security prescriptions for Iraq are really pretty much this same old strategy that this administration has been trying unsuccessfully to pursue for the past three years.

NPR: Conservatives Critical of Suggestions in Iraq Report

The National Security Strategy calls for an integration of our economic and military power, but DoD has shown it is more interested in taking advantage of cost savings provided by foreign government subsidies.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Romney's record of reckless rhetoric stands in sharp contrast with Obama's successful foreign policy and national security strategy -- one that doesn't rely solely on strong military action but smartly invests in diplomacy and development and focuses on real threats instead of political convenience.

CNN: Romney's reckless rhetoric

Any short-run budget strategy that does not focus exclusively on discretionary spending including the military-security-industrial complex is not serious, not properly aligned, and scaled to the parameters of the current political struggle.

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The Center for Security Policy believes that the United States can ill-afford either the Tarnoff Doctrine or the military strategy it is precipitating.

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