Jeff Bialos, a partner with the law firm Eversheds Sutherland who served as the Pentagon’s industrial affairs chief during the Clinton administration, discusses President Trump’s Buy American rhetoric, defense-industrial strategy, DoD’s Third Offset initiative and innovation with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
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