Democratic Rep. Adam Smith On Military Response To Coronavirus

NPR

Published April 28, 2020 at 10:07 AM EDT

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Rep. Adam Smith, chair of the House Armed Services Committee, about supply chain issues preventing the U.S. military from increasing its coronavirus testing capacity.

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