Daniel Driscoll: “Defense lobbyists in suits hold more budget power than…”

“Locked into thousands of separate line items set years in advance with little flexibility. The worst part is who benefits from this corrupted system. Lobbyists line their pockets while soldiers are left waiting for critical capabilities. Defense lobbyists in suits hold more budget power than soldiers in uniform. For fiscal year 26, we asked for agile funding in only three high risk electronic warfare, UAS and counter UAS. Less than 1% of the budget. Do you know what happened?” (21:08–21:15)

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