September 25, 2026
Sep 25, ’26 Washington Roundtable
Jim Townsend, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joins the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast to discuss Pentagon officials engaging defense authorizers and appropriators to make the case for their budget, rise in bond yields and gas prices in the wake of the Iran war, and more.
Listen to the full interview on the Defense & Aerospace Report.
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