July 15, 2020

Updates on defense appropriations for 2021

Susanna Blume, Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense Program at CNAS, provides updates on the House Appropriation Committee’s Defense spending bill for fiscal 2021 and its alignment to the National Defense Strategy.

Watch the full conversation on Government Matters.

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