Government Matters

Current health of the defense industrial base Col. Wesley Hallman (USAF, ret.), senior vice president for strategy and policy at NDIA, discusses findings about the health of the defense industrial base and the effect of the pandemic   Recommendations for fiscal 2023 defense spending Maj. Gen. John Ferrari (U.S. Army, ret.), senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, explains his recommendation for a topline defense budget of $816 billion for fiscal year 2023   Higher mortality rates for vets who experienced traumatic brain injury Jeffrey Howard, associate professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of Texas at San Antonio, shares the results of a new investigation examining mortality rates among post-9/11 veterans compared to the general populationSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.