Defense & Aerospace Business Report [August 22, 2017]

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report, sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, we discuss President Donald Trump's new Afghanistan strategy, how his post-Charlottesville remarks will impact his agenda, the federal budget outlook and the prospects for a government shutdown, Japan's defense spending increase and the demise of Air Berlin. This week’s guests include Gordon Adams of American University's School of International Service and the Stimson Center,  Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners and Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch.