Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, speaker of the US House of Representatives, says “short-term spending bills” are hampering the Pentagon’s ability to plan for the future, that “an adequate budget agreement fully funds” the US military, criticizes its readiness gaps and the politicization of US troops, and more during a Jan. 18, 2018, address at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and subsequent Q&A with John Hamre, PhD, the think tank’s president and CEO, held at its Washington headquarters.
