The withdrawal and drawdown of forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, respectively, and decreasing operational tempos, as well as current national fiscal realities, have resulted in decisions to decrease end-strength and make force structure revisions.
Panetta explains the rationale for shifting military tasks to civilians.
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