no current changes are needed vs no current change is needed

[anhnha]

1. US President Barack Obama has told lawmakers that no current changes are needed to his Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy, as US forces escalate operations against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
2. US President Barack Obama has told lawmakers that no current change is needed to his Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy, as US forces escalate operations against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
Is there any difference in meaning between #1 and #2?

 

[emsr2d2]

There is no difference. It's understandable but it would have been better worded as "no changes are currently needed". There is really no such thing as a "current change" in this context.

 

[anhnha]

This is a definition of current from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English:
cur‧rent [only before noun]
happening or existing now
:

the current President

In its current state, the car is worth £1,000.

What is the meaning of "current" in "current change"? Is it has the meaning as the definition above? I can't differentiate "no current changes are needed" from "no changes are currently needed".

 

[SoothingDave]

This is a definition of current from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English:
cur‧rent [only before noun]
happening or existing now
:

the current President

In its current state, the car is worth £1,000.

What is the meaning of "current" in "current change"? Is it has the meaning as the definition above? I can't differentiate "no current changes are needed" from "no changes are currently needed".

There is no difference. It is better stated as "no changes are currently needed."