Patrick Shanahan, deputy secretary of defense, says “operating without a budget is not normal” and discusses the impact of fiscal uncertainty on US military readiness during his closing remarks at the 2017 Reagan National Defense Forum on Dec. 2, 2017. The event was held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California. Our coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
Gen. Chuck Wald, USAF Ret., vice chairman and federal practice senior advisor at Deloitte Services LP, says the US military should leave Qatar over its support for the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, shares recommendations for US strategy in Syria, discusses State Department cuts, and more during a Dec. 2, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at 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.
Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, discusses the tax proposal just passed by the US Senate, the defense spending outlook, how industry can help take cost out of platforms and more during a Dec. 2, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at 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.
Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, discusses congressional budget deliberations, the potential for a government shutdown, tax reform and more during a Dec. 2, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at 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.
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.
Matthew Donovan, under secretary of the US Air Force and a retired Air Force colonel, discusses the service’s role in national security strategies, the National Security Space Strategy, federal budget uncertainty, the national debt, acquisition reform 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.
Dov Zakheim, PhD, senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former DoD comptroller, discusses takeaways from the 2017 Halifax International Security Forum, the State Department under President Donald Trump, the potential for an Arab-Israeli deal and more during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at this year’s event in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Andrew Tabler, Martin J. Gross fellow at in the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Program on Arab Politics, discusses the situation on the ground in Syria, the outlook for its future, Mideast politics, ISIS and more during an interview with Defense.& Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2017 Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Gen. Jarmo Lindberg, Finland’s chief of defense, discusses Russia, Moscow’s Zapad military exercise, Nordic cooperation and modernization with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada.
