Pentagon Official On Defense Base Rebuild

Pentagon Official On Defense Base Rebuild. Michael Cadenazzi, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, says the U.S.

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Pentagon Official On Defense Base Rebuild. Michael Cadenazzi, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, says the U.S. defense industrial base has suffered from decades of insufficient attention to capacity, leaving the country with bottlenecks, single-source risks and dependence on foreign suppliers. He says the Pentagon is focused on reindustrialization, critical minerals, and skilled trades as it works to meet future warfighter needs. He speaks with Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu on the late edition of Bloomberg's "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)

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