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Rumsfeld Orders War Plans Redone for Faster Action
New York Times ^
| 10/12/2002
| THOM SHANKER and ERIC SCHMITT
Posted on 10/13/2002 2:09:03 AM PDT by PokeyJoe
ASHINGTON, Oct. 12 — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today that he had ordered the military's regional commanders to rewrite all of their war plans to capitalize on precision weapons, better intelligence and speedier deployment. That way, he said, the military could begin combat operations on less notice and with far fewer troops than thought possible — or even wise — before the Sept. 11 attacks.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; plans; rumsfeld; war
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