{"podcast":{"title":"Defense & Aerospace Report","slug":"defense-aerospace-report-809504","podcast_index_feed_id":809504,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:276288852/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://www.defaeroreport.com","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-cRXZ2TRyMyRNWlYe-AiPx6A-original.jpg","author":"Defense & Aerospace Report, sponsored by Bell","episode_count":500,"summary":"Welcome to the Defense and Aerospace Report podca…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T02:17:32.653708+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504"},"episode":{"title":"Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jun 12, ’26 Washington Roundtable]","slug":"defense-aerospace-report-podcast-jun-12-26-washington-roundtable","published_at":"2026-06-12T17:06:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504/defense-aerospace-report-podcast-jun-12-26-washington-roundtable","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504","url":"https://soundcloud.com/defaeroreport/defense-aerospace-233451025","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2338197986-defaeroreport-defense-aerospace-233451025.mp3","summary":"On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the Senate markup of its version of the National Defense Authorization Act as House appropriators unveil their $1.07 trillion defense spending measure; as lawmakers pass Reconciliation 2.0 that funds President Trump’s immigration efforts, Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, see dim prospects for the $350 billion Reconciliation 3.0 plus up for the Pentagon; how the administration and lawmakers can pack $1.5 trillion in planned spending into a smaller funding package; the future of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; the president’s decision to tap US attorney Jay Clayton as the next Director of National Intelligence; what’s next for the Iran war as Trump declares a deal involving Tehran and Jerusalem is imminent, a stance Iran and Israel deny; as Russia escalates its provocations against Europe, Washington prepares deep cuts to US capabilities for NATO, including cuts to fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, and refueling aircraft as well as a missile sub and warships including an aircraft carrier as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Alex “Grinch” Grynkewich tells a European audience that “Russia is not looking for a conflict;” British Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns resigned to protest Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s unwillingness to increase defense spending to bolster the country’s flagging militar…","meta_description":"On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, Michael Herson of American Defense…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4078,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/defense-aerospace-report-809504/episodes/defense-aerospace-report-podcast-jun-12-26-washington-roundtable/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504/defense-aerospace-report-podcast-jun-12-26-washington-roundtable.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}