Experts on Both Sides Agree: Budget Cuts Are Hurting Future U.S. Military

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With Roger Zakheim, Dr. Jarno Limnell, Daniel McGroarty, Bill Gertz

ROGER ZAKHEIM, Former General Counsel of the House Armed Services Committee:

• Unprecedented changes made in the most recent Quadrennial Defense Review
• Findings of the National Defense Panel’s critical review of the QDR
• Ways to minimize the gap between the U.S. military’s mission and resources
• Bringing back the “peace through strength” doctrine to American foreign policy

Dr. JARNO LIMNELL, Director of Cybersecurity at McAfee, a product of Intel:

• Understanding cyber threats as the biggest indicator of worldwide security
• The international community’s responsibility for the creation of proactive measures of cyber defense
• Top three cyber threats facing the West today
• Implications of the expected addition of cyber attacks to NATO’s Article V

DANIEL McGROARTY, Founder and Executive Director of the American Resources Policy Network:

• Globalization’s impact on access to strategic metals
• Titanium’s critical use in civilian and military aircraft, and problems with the U.S.’s heavy reliance on Russia and other foreign sources for it
• Ways to move the U.S. away from depending on China for 90% of its supply of rare earth metals

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• Yesterday’s acknowledgment of Russian INF Treaty violations by a State Department official
• Continuing efforts by the Obama Administration to move towards nuclear disarmament
• Recent Chinese anti-satellite weapon development and ballistic missile testing