His call came hours after a panel of advisers - picked by Mr Abe - released a report recommending changes to defence laws.
The recruitment of NHS nurses and teachers is expected to be most affected by the recommended changes, along with tech specialists working in software companies.
The report was released Thursday by the Commission of the National Guard and Reserves, which is charged by Congress to recommend changes in law and policy concerning the those forces.
The study was conducted for the Veterans Disability Benefits Commissionn, a body established in 2004 by Congress to recommend changes to an ailing system that now provides nearly three million veterans with about $30 billion a year in payments.
The White Paper, which will come out a year after a government-commissioned report produced by the Dilnot Committee, recommended changes in the system which would raise the threshold from £23,250 to £100,000 and cap the total care cost exposure of each one of us to £35,000.
The ultimate goal of the project is to gather enough information on damage caused by hurricane winds to recommend changes in building codes.
Last week, he announced that he had appointed a panel to study how math is taught in city classrooms and recommend changes by next spring.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Lumina Foundation are financing a panel, set up by the College Board, to recommend changes to the Pell grant program.
That crash led to the appointment of a White House commission on civil aviation, led by Mr. Gore, which recommended changes, including security improvements.
Worried that New York City students are ill equipped to meet new graduation requirements in mathematics, Schools Chancellor Harold O. Levy has appointed a panel to study how the subject is taught in city classrooms and to recommend changes by spring.
