Steve Cortese, Former Staff Director of the Senate Appropriations Committee, explains why he thinks that it is a bad idea to let the Department of Defense roll over half of its operations and maintenance budget to the next year
Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, provides updates on the Navy’s Force Structure Assessment, 30-year shipbuilding plan, and operations and maintenance funding
Frank Lowery, Associate Administrator for Management and Budget at the National Nuclear Security Administration, discusses how a budget increase for the NNSA would support three main mission pillars and contribute to executing the National Defense Strategy
Tina Jonas, Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, and Mike McCord, Member of the Commission on National Defense Strategy for the United States, discuss the impact the coronavirus is having on defense spending this year and in future years
Susanna Blume, senior fellow and director of the Defense Program at CNAS, discusses the Army leadership’s approach to the FY21 budget.
Andrew Hunter, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, details what the “flat” 2021 defense budget means for programs at the branches.
Former Defense Department Comptrollers Tina Jonas and Mike McCord break down how international tensions could create a need for more military spending, and how that money would be authorized.
