US is falling behind China militarily because of budget pressure, former Pentagon official says

22 November 2018

David Ochmanek
Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Development

Radio National spoke to former senior Pentagon official David Ochmanek about his USSC report about the US military capacity and willingness to uphold the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific.

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David Ochmanek
Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Development
David Ochmanek was the United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Development from 2009 until 2014.

First published

20 November 2018 on Radio National

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