Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, says “we have not really begun to rebuild” or “repair the military” despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to give it more operational freedom, discusses congressional budget deliberations (predicting “a roughly two-week CR”), priorities for 2018 and more during a Dec. 2, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted during the 2017 Reagan National Defense Forum, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California. Our coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
