Mackenzie Eaglen is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where she works on defense strategy, defense budgets, and military readiness. In the past, she has also worked on defense issues in the House of Representatives, in the US Senate, and at the Pentagon in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and on the Joint Staff.

Mackenzie joins the show to talk with Robert and Phoebe about how to strengthen US military capabilities, the Trump administration’s legacy on defense issues, what she expects the new Biden team to prioritize.