even so, in the defense arena, large and well-staffed intelligence structures now exist in the services, the defense agencies, the combatant commands and in the war theat s theaters. to some extent, we're still struggling to find the right balance between centralizing intelligence versus embedding them closer to the front. nonetheless, we should not flinch from eliminating unnecessary redundancy and directing more resources to places where they are needed. i'm directing an immediate 10% reduction in funding for intelligence advisory and assistance contracts and freezing the number of senior executive positions. we must also take further steps to end needless duplication within the department's intelligence community. accordingly, i've directed a zero-based review at department's intelligence mission, organizations, relationships and contracts to be completed by november 1st.