 Brigadier አጠቃላይ ላሪ Dodgen, ፖሊሲ እና የሚስዮን ዲፌንስ ጸሐፊ ወደ ምክትል ረዳት, ይህ የአሜሪካ ኒውስ እና ወርልድ ሪፖርት ርዕስ ላይ የ "በያዘ ላይ በርካታ" ስለ አርታዒ አንድ ደብዳቤ ጽፏል "የመከላከያ እይታ መምሪያ በማይገባ.
Brigadier General Larry Dodgen, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Policy and Missions, wrote a letter to the editor about the 'numerous inaccuracies' in the U.S. News and World Report article that 'misrepresent the Department of Defense's views.'