The Defense Department is spending millions of dollars every year on consulting services from big firms like McKinsey, but national security experts have raised concerns of unnecessary bloat as well as conflict of interest, since the consulting firms also work with foreign companies, including state-owned ones.
For more insights, NTD spoke to Cale Brown. Mr. Brown is the senior adviser at Polaris National Security, a nonprofit organization founded by Morgan Ortagus, former State Department spokesperson under former President Donald Trump.