War on terrorism will compel revisions to Posse Comitatus. (Viewpoint).

National Defense | December 1, 2002| | Copyright

The war on terrorism has made the U.S. armed forces active participants in homeland defense and, in the process, has prompted changes in the responsibilities and mission scope of the Defense Department.

The most transparent of these changes has been the establishment of the U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), a new unified combatant command that became operational on October 1.

NORTHCOM covers the geographic scope of the United States, Canada, Mexico, portions of the Caribbean and the U.S. coastal waters out to 500 nautical miles. Its stated goal is to ...

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