Baker comments on call for Trump to use Defense Production Act in NY Times

July 31, 2020

The New York Times

The Hon. James E. Baker

Public Administration & International Affairs Department

Syracuse University Institute for Security Policy & Law

COVID-19

Defense & Security

Federal

United States

The New York Times

The Hon. James E. Baker

"What the federal government — the president or secretaries possessing delegated authority — have not done yet is use the D.P.A. [Defense Production Act] to create a permanent, sustainable, redundant, domestic supply chain for all things pandemic: testing, swabs, N95 masks, etc.," says Jamie Baker, director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law and professor of practice of public administration and international affairs. He was quoted in the New York Times article "Virus Surge Brings Calls for Trump to Invoke Defense Production Act." 07/31/20