[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> growing tensions with iran, deregulating a heavily regulated defense market, and the eu military strategy. welcome to defense news. executivetrump's order limiting immigration has spurred some reaction from iran. could it further deteriorate an already troubled relationship? senior vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the american enterprise institute. order and thetion reaction to it. was this a good move off the top? have been a good move and that is something we can discuss. wasthe how

badly executed, and unprofessional that it was a discredit to the office of the president and the white house and the voters that put the man in office. input from the people that normally have input in this? whether it be congress, general mattis. is that accurate? privy to any more information than the average guy in washington but it seems fairly clear from the output but the incoming secretary of state's team or anybody else involved, there were no briefings done for capitol hill. this was done in exactly the opposite way that almost anything of this kind. >> was there a reason for doing that? could they have talked to people and got them in this process earlie

is always tension between wanting to do what you promised. mr. trump has very clearly signaled that he made promises during the campaign and he wants to keep them. we applaud that. we don't need politicians that lie to the people. that is all to the good. the question is how. failing to appreciate what the blowback is going to be. we are fighting with iraq against isis. the iraqis have retaliated including contractors. will that help the fight? will this be a good step vis-a-vis the other countries that will help the fight? is a going to do what the president suggested? there are lots of arguments to indicate that it's not. >>

has been more attacks from saudi arabia which is one of the countries exempted from this. as a talking point, it's gotten a lot of traction, but does it lay bare the central issue how this was put forth? >> mr. trump promised that he wasn't going to take any more syrian refugees. this executive order makes clear that we're not going to take anymore although we are taking almost 1000 right now. but it's also a question of whether you want people from these countries coming in. they were designated by barack obama's secretary of homeland security as countries of concern. the issue of the countries is less issue to me than it is the new management of it. the reality, we have seen them committed by immigrant kids, homegrown people, committed by people more than france.

does this get to the heart of the terrorism threat? no. fighting in iraq with iraqi forces against isis. other aspects is people that support us like translators in drivers have been impacted by this. the pentagon is trying to put together a list. what are the, chances that some of these folks supporting americans will be able to get some sort of waiver chance? >> i'm hopeful that a lot of this will get worked out. then you don't impact of these kinds of people. the problem for the trump administration is that the term "muslim ban" has been used, including by allies of the president.

carveouts and exemptions, it seems to apply that everybody from these countries, these muslim majority countries is a terrorist threat. and that is an injustice. and it ill serves the president to can't argue anymore that this isn't really just about the muslims. >> reince priebus has said -- a country we are doing a lot of operations. youd that be a policy that would recommend going forward with? entitlement for anybody to come into this country. all of this need to accept there is no entitlement. morals,re talking about principles of american power, and how we conduct foreign policy.

that we should vet extremely .arefully people that come in absolutely not. i don't think you'll find a reasonable american who would. what is the extreme betting consist of and how can we find out the necessary information? every going to manage these announcements properly? to a questionn not of policy but of competence. >> when we return, the state of the eu defense action plan. >> to provide we're family. we'd do anything for each other. but this time... those bonds were definitely tested. frog leg, for my baby brother don't frogs have like, two legs? so they should have two of these? since i'm active duty and she's family, i was able to set my sister up with a sweet membership from navy federal. if you hold it closer, it looks bigger. eat your food my big sis likes to make tiny food.

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>> a lot of discussion has emerged about if the eu needs its own military strategy and how it might meld with the strategy of nato. i spoke with the chairman of the european union military committee during a recent conference about where the eu defense action plans stand. >> the first one is the joined declaration of the summit. implementation from that plan of the eu global strategy.

related mainly to the development of the defense ministry. three are the main strengths of global strategy. capabilities, organization, and capabilities. and the third one is related to the participation here. a very important event.

and the close cooperation between eu. and since then, all the political procedures moved very fast. for two big fast organizations. .nd now we have results a common set of proposals approved for the implementation of the joint declaration. and the same text approved by the councilman tomorrow, i think to win it presented takes place in brussels, the head of government. >> can you tell me what the proposals include?

>> they decided to cooperate in seven specific areas. mainlyreas include hybrid cyber exercises and .apabilities and structure and all the areas that we can cooperate. these are analyzed into more than 40 actions. were the common set of proposals. we have a clear roadmap and a clear checklist of what we tried

with all these actions. we know exactly what is expected of us to implement. nato and natoed has a pretty well-rounded defense strategy. have you talked about what nato is prioritizing? the global strategy has three priorities. the first is crisis management. something we do already. the second is capacity building for our partners. the third is the protection of europe. a lot of discussion started about this but it was

and maybe from people who couldn't understand or distinguish between protection and defense. collected defense is the main mission of nato. europe is protected under this. not duplicating anyone. it is something definitely less. the european union has bought into the protection of the citizens because of the number of threats that exist in the periphery. an

that wethe protection can provide to them. always with nato, working and doing the best for the citizens. 22 out of the 28 member states are the same. talking about a single set of forces, properly organized for protection and leaving defense for the same people. it is clear. >> it is basically taking at a granular level. return, what trump's

the defense industry. >> it will be very interesting.

>> one of the first acts was to change defense regulations. editor spoke to andrew hunter of the center for strategic and international studies to find out. >> what are the early trademarks is the role of kind of industrial-based president chief. let's start with a couple of things he's put forth. an executive order on regulations saying that for every new regulation, get rid of two older regulations. what has this going for it? >> one thing that bears noting is the vast majority are in place already and have been in place for decades.

it doesn't require a lot of new regulation to keep the system going. so that's one dynamic that could be a little different. the regulations are required by statute. congress is the department of defense, you shall revise the central acquisition regulations supplement to the following. the requirement to remove to regulations may be applied. they really don't have the option to not do them. >> will we have seen, it seems like there's a lot of unknown about how this will play out. >> just a couple from the executive order. talked about new regulations. the system is already built out. a lot is modification to existing regulation. anotheis

cost. they want a cost budget so at the end of the year, you don't see an increase in cost. regulations, at you see a cost-benefit analysis. a two-sided analysis. the benefit to industry and the broader public. just mean cost? or does it mean that cost after you consider the benefits the regulation provides? is some sortthing and the defense ministry is represented on there. what do you keep an eye on for those discussions? experience of a lot of folks have been the dialogue with industry is always critical. up plies to the president and

i would point out that the dialogue that has already about air force one and the dialogue between lockheed and the president really seems to have some real benefit. it has been real important anormation received and opportunity for the president to become more familiar with those programs and understand them better. >> the immigration ban, there is concerns what that might mean for industry in america and scientific minds that can come forward. concerns? thoughts? >> there are some concerns. for each of the big defense companies, they get a lot of their revenue from international customers. and it's good for u.s. national security because partners and allies can do their own security work and not rely as much

on us to do it for them. it can between 5% to 33% of some of these companies revenue coming from overseas. having these kinds of bands can be problematic. ath directly if people from country like iraq can't come to the u.s. to get training and to work on these deals, that is an impediment. we saw yesterday the iraqi government is considering putting a ban on the u.s. to mirror the band put in place here. it would mean our u.s. contractors can't go help maintain the system and do training in the country which makes for an even more complicated situation. >> in the military, it's important to have the credit you need.

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a newt week, we reported partnership in the u.s. naval service center. now on the partnership and what it means for the navy. >> it is about informing the people of the possibilities behind these kind of partnerships. it is pretty easy. is where the boundaries and those partnerships aren't getting everyone convinced that it is ok. so really, it was a campaign of information and assurance that you can do this within the rounds. the congress is leaning forward, establishing a mechanism.

>> of course, we heard quite a bit in terms of what this offers . it what does this offer to the navy? >> we have tremendous capacity that was built for a history of 125 years. we have a tremendous amount of capacity. to not lose that capability. we maintain those flexibilities. it buys the cost down for the navy to maintain. and it is used to produce useful things. and it is being

for the navy to pay for all the time. i can continue to use it. we can use it together. it is really attractive for the navy. >> what is the hope that can come out of that and benefit the military in the long run? >> we talk about manufacturing, but research and development is tremendous technology capability. we kind of abandoned some of the aspects and we have been focusing on some items and the last 10 or 15 years.

development that we need and we are excited about being able to work together to showcase it and develop it. or warhead development or undersea capabilities. with the drones. we can utilize those with our ordinance. we are excited to work together and show people does a lot left in the tank. >> from your perspective, the domestic market for rocket motors has been challenging. only two providers at this point in time. and development even enhance the domestic industrial base? >> absolutely. it's about being able to -- you are a victim of you don't know what you don't know. folks are asking for some of the things we can bring to the table. it is very key for us to be able to showcase.

these areas. or issues of speed. they can see them and say i didn't even know you could do that. we can address shortfalls within the acquisition. it's all about being able to show it. >> there is a bit of competition.

that is a natural, and it provides an opportunity for collaboration. >> there is potentially could be another. these partners help ensure that indianhead will remain and maintain the foothold in terms of what it does for the military currently? >> i will not be the judge of that. what we bring to the table

, and it is an excellent product. it allows us to develop the tools. and the more that we can do it makes good ones. and it is a smart relationship. >> that is all for this week of defense news. thanks for joining us.

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