Why Should We Care About America's "Offensively Meager" Defense Budget? | with U.S. Congressman Don Bacon

Why Should We Care About the Indo-Pacific? by Ray Powell & Jim Carouso

Episode notes

Hosts Ray Powell and Jim Carouso interview Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE), a retired Air Force Brigadier General with 29 years of military service. Rep. Bacon serves on the House Armed Services Committee and brings unique insights from both military leadership and congressional oversight.

Congressman Bacon is concerned that America is spending just 2.9% of GDP on defense—the lowest level since 1940, before Pearl Harbor. He argues for increasing defense spending to 4% of GDP, app ... 

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Indo-PacificChinaMilitaryGeopoliticsTaiwanNational Security