Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Washington Roundtable Aug 18, ’23]

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, former Pentagon Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, our producer and co-host of the Cavas Ships podcast Chris Servello, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join host Vago Muradian to discuss a possible deal between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown, prospects for a National Defense Authorization Act, the interim recommendations of the commission to reform the Pentagon’s Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution process, Ukraine’s progress on the battlefield and whether Washington will step up aid now that White House has cleared Denmark and others to begin training Ukrainians on F-16 fighters, how the alliance should respond to Russian provocations on the Black Sea, Russia’s mounting economic woes, President Biden’s historic meeting with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts at Camp David, China’s own economic troubles, and latest on Israel and Iran.