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Authorize a $886 billion spending budget for national defense programs including: [20] [21] A 5.2% pay increase for service members of the armed forces. [20] [21] Procurement of up to 13 Virginia-class submarines. [22] [23] Authorize the sale and transfer of defense articles and services relating to the implementation of the AUKUS partnership ...
An August 2012 Implementation Plan set priorities for implementation of the National Action Plan. [3] Full implementation of women, peace, and security objectives put forward by the U.S. National Action Plan has been limited by external challenges ranging from lack of political will among international partners to societal discrimination against women in countries around the world.
The Department's implementation of the NAP demonstrates its commitment to furthering the promotion of gender equality in service of U.S. foreign policy and national security. The Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues leads the oversight and coordination of the NAP and the Department's Implementation Plan. [4]
Moreover, the NMS is often classified, while the NDS is generally not. According to a fact sheet [2] from the Department of Defense the March 2022 version is classified, however an "unclassified NDS will be forthcoming". [9] In 2018, the NDS became the sole successor to the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). [10] [11] [12]
The pact also improves trilateral ballistic missile defense and military exercises. The three countries will develop a security framework for the Indo-Pacific region. [10] The first Indo-Pacific Dialogue, building upon commitments made during the August 2023 Camp David summit, was held in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2024. [13]
The 2021/2022 WPS Report ranked a total of 170 countries. From the 2017 report to the 2021 report, there was a global average increase of 9 percent in WPS scores. 90 countries had an increase of 5 percent or more. The top dozen countries scored at or above 0.879, with the top three in order being Norway, Finland, and Iceland.
Specifically, the secretary of defense must examine areas of risk considered "significant" by the chairman and provide a plan for mitigating those risks. This hierarchy of presentation, first to the secretary of defense and then to Congress, is informed by US Code-10, which was significantly modified by the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986.
Following the congressional directive, in September 2018, President Trump announced and issued the strategy. The strategy placed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in charge of leading the federal government's biodefense efforts, and designated HHS to lead a committee of high-level officials from the Defense Department, Agriculture Department, and Homeland Security Departments ...