George Shultz, PhD, former Secretary of State, WWII veteran, and political and diplomatic icon, discusses global security and deterrence, combatting the national debt, State Department cuts, Reagan-Trump comparisons, how his US Marine Corps experience shaped his political and moral ethics, and more in a wide-ranging, Dec. 1, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian conducted during the 2017 Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California. Our coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.