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

Topics:

— Status of Biden’s social spending package and bipartisan infrastructure measure

— Congressional defense budgeting update

— Political lessons and 2022 implications of last Tuesday’s election outcomes, including Democratic rout in Virginia and close call in New Jersey

— Takeaways from Pentagon’s latest report on China’s military modernization

— Analysis of G20 and COP26 meetings

— DoD’s move to create key climate role as it faces growing infrastructure and future operational challenges

— Latest on Iran nuclear negotiations