On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former Pentagon comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Cavas Ships Podcast co-host Chris Servello join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss House Speaker Mike Johnson’s narrow reelection; status of reconciliation, appropriations and debt measures; new House and Senate defense committee assignments; President-elect Trump’s statement that he wouldn’t rule our force to take Greenland and the Panama Canal, and rename the Gulf of Mexico, and the message his comments and actions by lawmakers send allies and adversaries; implications of Trump’s willingness to resolve the Ukraine war over the coming six months rather than the day he retakes office; the latest disinformation lessons from unprecedented wildfires in California; top Biden officials travel to South Korea, India and Ukraine; Lebanon’s new government; Israel’s new strategy that labels Turkey an enemy and plans to reduce dependence on America after Trump’s term ends; and President Jimmy Carter’s lifetime of service.
