Andrew Bacevich

Andrew Bacevich is the President of the Quincy Institute. He grew up in Indiana, graduated from West Point and Princeton, served in the army, became an academic, and is now a writer. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than a dozen books, most recently The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory (January 2020).

Wayne McElrath

Wayne McElrath is a Senior Investigative Advisor to the Project on Government Oversight (POGO). He's also the president and CEO of XGE Consulting, and a government, private sector, and nonprofit consultant and international speaker. Wayne is the former Director of Forensic Investigations with the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

William Hartung

William Hartung is director of the Arms and Security Program at the Center for International Policy. He has also served as a Senior Research Fellow in the New America Foundation's American Strategy Program, and is former director of the Arms Trade Resource Center at the World Policy Institute.

Sara DuBois (Moderator)

Sara DuBois is a DC-based communications consultant with the bipartisan Pentagon Budget Campaign to reduce Pentagon spending. She has previously worked at Amnesty International USA at National Security Network, focusing on the intersection of politics, national security and domestic and international justice, including how militarism comes home through policing.