On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Michael Herson, President and CEO, American Defense International, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners, Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute.

Topics:

— Update on bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure package and Jan. 6 commission

— House Armed Services subcommittee mark ups and appropriations bills

— Analysis of Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Gen. John Hyten’s statement that Pentagon must reconsider warfighting approaches and capabilities in the wake of October wargame where US forces fared poorly in defending Taiwan from Chinese attack

— Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s first overseas trip to Asia and IISS Fullerton Lecture in Singapore

— Chinese role in Afghanistan as the United States and its allies withdraw from the country

— Life and legacy of former Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin who passed away this week at age 87