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Former US Navy Chief Gunner’s Mate Henry “Hank” Kudzik, the last surviving crew member from the USS Nautilus (SS-168), shares his experience during the Battle of Midway during which his boat sank one of the Japanese aircraft carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor, as well as two other warships, with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during a June 5, 2017, interview held in Arlington, Virginia. Between May 1942 and August 1945, Kudzik completed 14 war patrols, eight aboard Nautilus and six aboard USS Gar (SS-206).

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On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report, we discuss President Donald Trump’s agreement to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement and its impacts on European alliances and US national security, the potential impact of the London Bridge & Borough Market terror attacks on the upcoming British elections and more. The Defense & Aerospace Business Report is sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron Company.

This week’s guests include:

• Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group
• Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners
• Nick Cunningham of Agency Partners in London
• Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council

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J. Matthew McInnis, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of the new monograph, “The Future of Iran’s Security Policy,” discusses the logic behind Iran’s security policy, Iranian politics, the country’s recent presidential election, the nuclear deal and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted on June 1, 2017, at AEI’s Washington headquarters.

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Adm. Mike Mullen, USN Ret., former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discusses the importance of international partnerships to US national security, President Donald Trump and NATO’s Article V, deterring and engaging Russia, why human rights matter to American strategy and more during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Center for Strategic and International Studies after its “Twenty-First Century Partnerships” conference on May 31, 2017 in Washington.

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Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, USN, commander of Naval Sea Systems Command, discusses the Navy’s May 31, 2017, acceptance of the new, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford from builder Huntington Ingalls Industries after successful sea trials, what’s next for the ship as it undergoes the process of being commissioned into the fleet, his maintenance budget and priorities for 2018, the program to develop a new frigate, and the Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine program’s schedule. The interview was conducted at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington after Moore spoke at “The Navy’s Maintenance Challenge: Resetting the Fleet.”

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Thomas Karako, PhD, director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses the successful May 29 US missile defense test, North Korea’s missile capabilities and future American missile defense architecture with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted on June 1, 2017, at the think tank’s Washington headquarters.

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Nathan Freier, associate professor at the US Army War College and senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses his forthcoming report on US Defense Department risk assessment and growing strategic thinkers with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at CSIS’ “Assessing Risk in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for Defense Planning and Policy” event on June 1, 2017.

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In its new report entitled “Stateless Attribution: Toward International Accountability in Cyberspace,” the RAND Corporation’s John S. Davis II, Benjamin Adam Boudreaux, Jonathan William Welburn, Jair Aguirre, Cordaye Ogletree, Geoffrey McGovern and Michael Chase tackle the topic of attribution for cyberattacks and credibility issues surrounding the identification of possible attackers. “This report reviews the state of cyber attribution and examines alternative options for producing standardized and transparent attribution that may overcome concerns about credibility,” RAND writes of the report. “In particular, this exploratory work considers the value of an independent, global organization whose mission consists of investigating and publicly attributing major cyber attacks.”

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J. Matthew McInnis, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of the new monograph, “The Future of Iran’s Security Policy,” discusses whether Iran’s youth can influence the country’s foreign policy. His report was launched at AEI headquarters in Washington on May 30, 2017.

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J. Matthew McInnis, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of the new monograph, “The Future of Iran’s Security Policy,” discusses Iran’s use of cost-imposing strategies when deciding where to get militarily involved. His report was launched at AEI headquarters in Washington on May 30, 2017.

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