No later than December 2001. It could be, therefore, submitted prior to that date. It all depends upon when the QDR would be submitted. But it does have to be at the same time. If I could just make one other point, I am advised by staff that the last quadrennial review did not include a review of the nuclear posture. So the last Nuclear Posture Review was in fact in 1994.
Discussing the timeline for the Quadrennial Defense Review and its relation to the Nuclear Posture Review.
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