Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jan 23, ’26 Washington Roundtable]

Defense & Aerospace Report · Jan 23, 2026 · 59m

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 DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and Pentagon comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss appropriations measure that boosts Pentagon funding by $8.4 billion to $838.7 billion; outlook for a second reconciliation package to boost defense spending to $1.5 trillion; lawmakers fail…