WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12981) on Dec. 5, 2025, by defense policy analyst Anya L. Fink: * * * Defense Primer: U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM or STRATCOM) is a Department of Defense (DOD) functional (as opposed to geographic) combatant command (CCMD) responsible for deterring "strategic attack through a safe, secure, effective, and credible, global combat capability  more