Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses congressional debt deliberations, prospects for a default and a look at the week ahead; and Laura Winter, the editor of The Downlink newsletter and host of our upcoming The Downlink space podcast, discusses key takeaways from the 2021 Outer Space Security Conference — as well as the Air Force Association’s recent Air Space Cyber convention — and the recent Quad meeting hosted by President Biden with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.