Mac Thornberry, U.S. Representative (R-TX) and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, joins Princeton University’s James Shinn to discuss threats to U.S. national security and Thornberry’s vision for the House Armed Services Committee, which oversees the budgets and policies of the military, Department of Defense, and the Pentagon. Thornberry discusses President Obama’s budget proposal, upcoming hearings regarding security threats, and policy reform. Speaker: Mac Thornberry, U.S. Representative (R-TX); Chairman, House Armed Services Committee Presider: James Shinn, Lecturer, Princeton University