On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests in segment one are Michael Bayer, the chairman of the Defense Business Board and the president of the Dumbarton Strategies consultancy, and Arnold Punaro, the chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association and CEO of the Punaro Group consultancy to discuss the ongoing presidential transition and how to best accomplish the monumental task of a peaceful transition of power.
In segment two our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Gordon Adams, PhD, Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute, and Michael Herson, President and CEO, American Defense International.
Topics:
— Implications of US election wins and losses on national security
— Prospects for a stimulus package in the wake of the election
— What weaker than expected Democratic showing means for defense legislation, spending and bipartisanship
— Congressional opposition to UAE buying Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II fighter
— News reports that Parkinson’s Disease my force Russian President Vladimir Putin may step down next year
