The long-running joint Canadian-American Bi-national Planning Group has recommended enhanced cooperation and information sharing and development of “deliberate plans” to further joint security and civil support. In its some 160-page final report released last week, the group endorses creation of a Comprehensive Defense and Security Agreement as the “next logical step” during discussion over the renewal of the 50-year-old NORAD agreement and a potential maritime version of the aerospace defense command.
Three of four congressional committees with influence over defense policy have voted to change the official name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War—but final approval of the Pentagon rebrand is months away and not yet assured.