Download or read book Defense Issues: Volume 13, Number 13. New Defense Strategy: Shape, Respond, Prepare written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared statement of Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Feb. 3, 1998. America's security has always required strong congressional support, but the secretary says the need for that support this year is especially crucial in four carefully crafted spending allocations.