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Podcast: Defense & Aerospace Report
Episode: Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Washington Roundtable Jun 27, ’25]
Description: 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 Pentagon Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, former Pentagon comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss Republican opposition to President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” as GOP leaders prepare to adopt unprecedented budget gimmicks to pay for the increasingly unpopular legislation; reconciliation, appropriations, the NDAA and rescissions; what’s next for Iran’s nuclear program after 12 day...