Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterNew Pentagon Policy Says 'Irregular Warfare' Will Get Same Attention as Traditional Combat
Published 12/4/2008 by Ann Scott Tyson at Wash Post Federal Page
The Pentagon this week approved a major new policy directive that elevates the military's mission of "irregular warfare" -- the increasingly prevalent campaigns to battle insurgents and terrorists, often with foreign partners and sometimes clandestinely -- to an equal footing with traditional com...
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