David Norquist, who served as acting defense secretary, deputy defense secretary and Pentagon comptroller during the Trump administration , is now at the helm of the National Defense Industrial Association where he says he has a much different job, but similar priorities. At the Pentagon, he told Inside Defense in a recent interview, his day was segmented into carefully managed 30-minute increments. “And the decisions you make are both more frequent and more significant,” he said. “But there is...
