RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Force Personnel Center issued the following press release:

To remain competitive, the United States must rebuild its defense industrial base - the private sector companies that provide the military with hardware and munitions - and that means more than just facilities and businesses.

That was the message delivered by Michael Cadenazzi, the assistant secretary of war for industrial base policy, during a field hearing before the House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee in Santa Clarita, California, Sept. 4. He noted that rebuilding the defense industrial base also means having the right people lining up to do the skilled work at those facilities, such as welding and machini...