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Rumsfeld Puts War Plans Into Context
Wednesday, July 31, 2002
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

All the plans are reviewed on a two-year cycle, said Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As military folks say, however, no plan survives first contact.

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
The Department of Defense could incorporate itself under the title "Plans R Us."

It is no secret the department plans for potential operations worldwide. A spate of articles in the press purport to be war plans against Iraq.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld put the issue in perspective during a Pentagon press conference July 30. "One of the responsibilities of the Department of Defense is to see that we have thought through a host of different contingencies and possibilities," he said.

Long before there was a Defense Department, there have been war plans. The most famous are probably the pre-World War II "Rainbow" plans. Plan Orange, for example, was directed at Japan. Other colors planned for operations against other countries.
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