摘要：In January 2012, the Defense Department issuedan overarching strategic construct called SustainingU.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st CenturyDefense, which erected the framework for long-termU.S. defense planning, based on a presidentially di-rected review.The document's broad objectives, signed into ef-fect by President Barack Obama as Commander inChief, set into motion a spectrum of second andthird orders of effect, such as out-year planning andbudgeting within the individual services. The initialmaximum order of effect, however, was to createsomewhat of a misconception concerning the plan'soverall holistic approach
