In January 2005, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed that U.S. Strategic Command become "the lead combatant commander for integrating and synchronizing DOD [Department of Defense] in combating WMD [weapons of mass destruction]."1 This assignment was in response to the White House's December 2002 National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction.
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In January 2005, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed that U.S. Strategic Command become "the lead combatant commander for integrating and synchronizing DOD [Department of Defense] in combating WMD [weapons of mass destruction]."1 This assignment was in response to the White House's December 2002 National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction.
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