The Nation - News from Oct. 18, 1985
The Defense Department reacted coolly to a Senate staff committee report urging sweeping reforms in the bureaucracy and the replacement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, saying there is no need for “drastic, fundamental changes” in its structure. “The decision-making machinery is running smoothly; our civilian and military leadership meshes as rarely in the past,” Pentagon spokesman Robert Sims said in response to the study.
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