Government Matters

Pentagon’s formal Space Force proposal due to OMB Dec. 1

Jacqueline Klimas, national security reporter at Politico, discusses what a Democratic House means for the Space Force proposal, and what’s...

The Pentagon Beat – September 5, 2018

Politico Defense Reporter, Jacqueline Klimas and USNI News Deputy Editor, Megan Eckstein cover the top defense stories of the week....

The Pentagon Beat – June 27, 2018

Politico Defense Reporter Jacqueline Klimas and Military.com reporter Oriana Pawlyk discuss top stories from the Department of Defense. Topics on...

The Pentagon Beat – May 30, 2018

Jacqueline Klimas, defense reporter at Politico, and Leo Shane III, Capitol Hill bureau chief at the Military Times, discuss the...

The Pentagon Beat – March 28, 2018

Oriana Pawlyk, reporter for Military.com and Jacqueline Klimas, defense reporter at Politico, discuss the latest news from the Department of...

The Pentagon Beat- February 28, 2018

Jacqueline Klimas, defense reporter at Politico, and Marcus Weisgerber, global business editor at Defense One, join the Pentagon Beat round-table...

The Pentagon Beat

In this week’s Pentagon Beat roundtable, Oriana Pawlyk, reporter for Military.com and Jacqueline Klimas, defense reporter for Politico, discuss the...

The Pentagon Beat

Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas and Military.com air war reporter Oriana Pawlyk join Francis for this edition of the Pentagon...

Government Matters (Full Show) – December 27, 2017

Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas and Military.com air war reporter Oriana Pawlyk join Francis for this edition of the Pentagon...

The Pentagon Beat

Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas and Federal News Radio defense reporter Scott Maucione join Francis for this edition of the...

Government Matters (Full Show) – November 22, 2017

Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas and Federal News Radio defense reporter Scott Maucione join Francis for this edition of the...

The Pentagon Beat

Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas and Military.com managing editor Brendan McGarry join Francis for this edition of the Pentagon Beat....

Government Matters (Full Show) – October 25, 2017

Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas and Military.com managing editor Brendan McGarry join Francis for this edition of the Pentagon Beat....

The Pentagon Beat

Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas and Military.com air warfare reporter Oriana Pawlyk join Francis for this edition of the Pentagon...

Government Matters Defense (Full Show) – August 23, 2017

The effort to bring innovative solutions to DoD Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work and former Vice Chairman of...

The Pentagon Beat

Military Times Capitol Hill bureau chief Leo Shane III and Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas join Francis for this edition...

Government Matters Defense (Full Show) – July 27, 2017

Military Times Capitol Hill bureau chief Leo Shane III and Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas join Francis for this edition...

The Federal Beat

Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas, Fifth Domain editor Aaron Boyd, and Nextgov reporter Mohana Ravindranath joined Francis for this edition...

The Pentagon Beat

In this week’s Pentagon Beat roundtable Jacqueline Klimas, defense reporter for Politico and Oriana Pawlyk, reporter for Military.com, discuss Senator...

Government Matters (Full Show) – July 2, 2017

Dr. John Zangardi, acting chief information officer at the Department of Defense, discussed DoD’s efforts to boost the cyber workforce...

Government Matters (Full Show) – May 28, 2017

Former federal controller Danny Werfel and NARFE legislative director Jessica Klement discussed possible markers in President Trump’s budget proposal for...

The Federal Beat

Federal Times senior staff reporter Carten Cordell, Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas, and Fedscoop managing editor Billy Mitchell joined Francis...

Government Matters (Full Show) – April 27, 2017

Bringing industry innovations into DoD Reggie Brothers, principal at the Chertoff Group and former Under Secretary for Science and Technology...

Congressional budget battle weighs on defense community

Jacqueline Klimas, defense reporter at Politico, discusses the defense community’s reaction to congressional budget battles.

Military chiefs make case for budget on Capitol Hill

Military.com reporter Oriana Pawlyk, and Jacqueline Klimas, defense reporter at Politico, discussed testimony from top military officials at the House Armed...

Government Matters (Full Show) – April 6, 2017

Military chiefs make case for budget on Capitol Hill Military.com reporter Oriana Pawlyk, and Jacqueline Klimas, defense reporter at Politico,...

Government Matters (Full Show) – February 23, 2017

Auditability at the Defense Department Mark Easton, deputy chief financial officer at the Defense Department, discusses the upcoming agency-wide financial...

High hopes for military base closures this year

Jacqueline Klimas, defense correspondent at the Washington Examiner, discusses the renewed push for military base realignment and closures this year.

This week in the DoD

U.S. News & World Report national security correspondent Paul Shinkman and Washington Examiner defense correspondent Jacqueline Klimas discussed Base Realignment...

Government Matters (Full Show) – January 26, 2017

Inspector general pinpoints management challenges at DoD Brett Mansfield, special assistant to the Department of Defense inspector general, discussed the...

Trump Administration & defense contractors

Jacqueline Klimas, defense correspondent for the Washington Examiner, discusses what President-Elect Trump’s relationship with the defense industrial base could look like...

Government Matters (Full Show) – December 29, 2016

Jacqueline Klimas, defense correspondent for the Washington Examiner, discusses what President-Elect Trump’s relationship with the defense industrial base could look like...

Latest on the National Defense Authorization Act

Jacqueline Klimas, defense reporter at the Washington Examiner, discusses why passage of the National Defense Authorization Act may now be...

Government Matters (Full Show) – November 21, 2016

Jacqueline Klimas, defense reporter at the Washington Examiner, discusses why passage of the National Defense Authorization Act may now be...

Government Matters (Full Show) – November 6, 2017

Gen. Walter Piatt, director of operations for the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities Office, discusses the mission of the RCO and...

The Federal Beat

In this week’s defense edition of the Federal Beat, Courtney McBride, associate editor for Inside the Army, Scott Maucione, defense...

Government Matters (Full Show) – September 22, 2016

Thursday on Government Matters: Washington Examiner defense correspondent Jacqueline Klimas discussed how a bird (the sage grouse) has the National...

Sage grouse puts NDAA to roost

Washington Examiner defense correspondent Jacqueline Klimas discussed how a bird (the sage grouse) has the National Defense Authorization Act on...

Staffers working on NDAA during recess

Defense reporter at The Washington Examiner, Jacqueline Klimas, discusses the progress being made on the National Defense Authorization Act while...

Government Matters (Full Show) – August 24, 2016

Defense reporter at The Washington Examiner, Jacqueline Klimas, discusses the progress being made on the National Defense Authorization Act while...

Sec. Carter hits the road to talk innovation & recruitment

Washington Examiner defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas previews Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s road tour. Carter will talk about three of his...

The defense community responds to Brexit

Jacqueline Klimas, Defense Reporter for the Washington Examiner talks about the fallout after a U.S. official testifies on ISIS. She also...