dr. feaver's comments about grand strategy, they are extraordinarily important.he way i communicate with my joint chiefs and bosses is simplistically somewhat on the instruments of national power to achieve a particular outcomes. it is the integration and relationship of the four instruments of national power that do and must define a grand strategy. the one i scratched my head about the most often is the "i" -- information. i think there is worth it to be done to understand the impact of information. the way it is passed, absorbed, and generated that has an effect on our strategic desires and aspirations that we have not come to grips with. we have come to grips with the inter-relationship of the instruments. if you are wondering why our grand strategy is being renegotiated in terms of outcomes in the face of the nation's budget crisis, it is because we are only as strong as those three pillars -- diplomatic, military, and economic -- related to each other to achieve the outcome. if one is weakened, they all are. we have to rebalance ourselves. that is what i wo

dr. feaver 's comments about grand strategy, they are extraordinarily important. the way i communicate with my joint chiefs and bosses is simplistically somewhat on the instruments of national power to achieve a particular outcomes. it is the integration and relationship of the four instruments of national power that do and must define a grand strategy. the one i scratched my head about the most often is the "i" --information. i think there is worth it to be done to understand the impact of information. the way it is passed, and sword, -- absorbed, and generated that has an effect on our strategic desires and aspirations that we have not come to grips with. we have come to grips with the inter-relationship of the instruments. if you are wondering why our grand strategy is being renegotiated in terms of outcomes in the face of the nation's budget crisis, it is because we are only as strong as those three pillars -- diplomatic, military, and economic -- related to each other to achieve the outcome. akened, they all are. we have to rebalance ourselves. that is what i