Speaking With One Voice: Army Relations With Congress.

摘要

This SRP examines the relationship between Army leaders and Congress. It discusses organizational changes that will improve the Army's strategic communications effort. By formally incorporating its strategic communications efforts with Congressional liaison offices, the Army will not only speak with one voice on appropriations and authorization issues, but it will also provide a tool for senior Army leaders to remain on message during their interaction with the media, Congressional staffs and members of Congress. This analysis focuses on possible causes of the Army's disjointed efforts to establish firm relations with Congress and proposes ways to bridge this shortfall. Concluding recommendations will provide the Army a means to better articulate Army transformation; it will also reduce knee-jerk reactions from the Army and Congress over misconceptions of Army issues and initiatives.