Pentagon Official Calls for Total Force Focus on Emerging Biothreats

DoD: "The U.S. faces an unprecedented number of complex biological threats posed by near-peer competitors, non-state actors and naturally occurring pandemics"

Department of Defense: The Defense Department has reached a pivotal point in responding to the quickly evolving biological threat landscape, a senior Pentagon official said today.

Deborah G. Rosenblum, assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical, and biological defense programs, said the U.S. faces an unprecedented number of complex biological t…