Project Overview

Over two years ago, the Project on National Secu rit y Reform was born. At the time, we had little money, little staff, and little exposure. But we had a vision. This vision was to transform our national security system from a slow, lumbering apparatus to an agile, adaptive, and integrated system d esigned for the modern age. Today, our vision is closer to becoming reality.

 

We have much to be proud of. We kicked off our efforts in the summer of 2007 with a conference that garnered substantial interest in Washington and put the Project on the map. Months later, Congress recognized and affirmed the critical importance of our endeavor when it funded a comprehensive study of the national security interagency system. We recruited a distinguished Guiding Coalition, recruited top talent, and created a vast network of national security professionals. And, in December 2008, our efforts culminated in the issuance of our historic report, Forging a New Shield.

 

In recent months, the Project has undergone major changes. We became an independent organization singularly dedicated to national security reform. We moved physical locations. We collocated and realigned staff.   And, we reoriented ourselves from the theoretical to the practical.

 

We have all worked incredibly hard and made tremendous sacrifices over the past few months and years. For this, I am grateful.   But while much has been accomplished, our work remains incomplete. No statute has been enacted, no congressional rules have been passed, and no executive orders have been issued. PNSR is now focusing its efforts on seeing its recommendations acted upon and implemented by government. It is our view that without the whole-of-government reform we suggest, the national security system will continue to fail the American people, and change should be enacted immediately rather than later.

 

Reform will not be easy; it never is. Like reformers of the past, we will succeed – we must succeed. We will not stop and we will not quit – not for the sake of the Project, but for the sake of the Nation.

 

James R. Locher III

Executive Director

March 2009

 






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