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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 008-12
January 05, 2012

DOD Releases Defense Strategic Guidance

            President Barack H. Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey released an unclassified version of the defense strategic guidance today at a Pentagon press conference.

            The document, entitled “Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense,” is available here:  http://www.defense.gov/news/Defense_Strategic_Guidance.pdf .