# Mac Thornberry

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Deputy Secretary Hicks on the National Defense Strategy and FY23 Budget

On this episode of Reaganism and recent live event at the Reagan Institute in Washington, D.C., we hear keynote remarks from Dr. Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. Hicks’s address focuses on the Department’s recently-released unclassified summary of the National…

Episode 2: American National Security with Former Congressman Mac Thornberry

Former Congressman Mac Thornberry discusses his 26 years in Congress, the "pivot to Asia", and America's military readiness in the face of global threats.

NatSec Tech Episode One

Host Jeanne Meserve joins SCSP Board of Advisor member Mac Thornberry in a discussion on how to connect big national security interests to the American people. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scsp222.substack.…

Programmed to Fail - 4. Planning-Programming-Budgeting

In this episode, we explore how the Department of Defense radically broke from liberal traditions and American values by installing a Soviet-style process called the Planning, Programming, Budgeting System, or PPBS. It is not a coincidence that progress in military technologies dramatically slowed …

U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry - The Ebb and Flow of Today’s Nuclear Issues in Congress

Since leaving Congress after 26 years, which included service as Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Mac continues to work at the intersection of technology and national security with various companies and organizations. Mac led in creating the National Nuclear Security Administration t…

Episode 172 – Unstoppable Journalist and Leader with Alex Achten

The title above does not do justice to today’s guest, Alex Achten. Alex is from Kansas City where he grew up. After college he spent time in Texas where he worked as a news reporter for several years. We talk quite a bit about news reporting and what makes a good reporter.   As Alex explains, he fi…

87. Live from D.C., it's Fight Night! (Part One) with the Hon. Mac Thornberry

[Editor’s Note:  Regular consumers of Army Mad Scientist content — via this blog site and The Convergence podcast — will understand how wargaming can enhance Professional Military Education (PME), hone cognitive warfighting skills, and broaden our understanding of the Operational Environment.  Warg…

How to Reform DOD’s PPBE Process

Pentagon resourcing has been criticized as too slow, too rigid, and unable to deliver the needed capabilities to the warfighter. Former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Representative Mac Thornberry put it bluntly: “[T]oday’s rapid innovation and technological change renders our industrial a…