The steel industry is in crisis, and it’s a national security problem

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Since retiring as a brigadier general after a 30-year career in the U.S. Army, I have continued to work to find ways to strengthen America’s national security. To that end, I recently prepared a report that studied supply chokepoints in the American defense industrial base.

One of its conclusions: An increasing reliance on steel imported from international competitors puts our national security at risk.

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