Defense Writers Group
4 March 2025
Moderator: Good morning, and welcome to this wonderful Defense Writers Group, offering an exclusive advance preview of the Reagan Institute’s National Security Innovation Base Report Card for 2025. Our guests are well known to everybody. I mean I knew Roger back when I had hair. [Laughter]. That’s how far we go back. And it’s great to meet Rachel. Roger of course, is the Director of the Ronald Reagan Institute and Rachel is its Policy Director.
Our ground rules as always, this is on the record. You can record for accuracy of quotes, but because of the Defense Writers Group vibe there’s no rebroadcast of audio or video.
Because it’s a very, very important and intense study, I am going to ask our two speakers to give a couple of minutes top-line, then we’ll go around the table. We have ample time, I’m sure everybody will have questions.
A small favor. When I call on you, just give us your name and organization for the audio record, okay?
Over to you two, and thank you so much for being here today.
Mr. Zakheim: Thom, it’s an honor to be here. Great to be with all of you. Thanks for your time.
