On March 11, senior vice president and director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Barry Pavel was cited in an article in Stars and Stripes titled “Pentagon likely to look eastward if it brings US Army tanks back to Europe.” Pavel asserts that the US Army must prioritize Europe and invest more of its resources into Europe.
Sorry, CENTCOM [US Central Command], you now need to be a supporting theater.
Barry Pavel
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