Iraq’s Enduring Challenge

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With Rep. Jim Bridenstine, Rep. Mike Kelly, Bill Gertz

Rep. JIM BRIDENSTINE (OK-1), member of the House Armed Services Committee and House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology:

Part 1:

• Barack Obama’s change in rhetoric on Iraq after he entered the 2008 presidential race
• Is a new Authorization to Use Military Force necessary for fighting the Islamic State?
• The uncharacteristic manner in which the 2011 Status of Forces Agreement for Iraq was pursued

Part 2:

• The potential for the U.S. to cripple the Russian economy by exporting energy resources to Europe
• Contrasting Vladimir Putin’s augmentation of Russia’s nuclear arsenal while the U.S.’s atrophies
• Horrific realities if the U.S. electrical grid is compromised, and an unusually large solar storm expected to hit Earth this weekend

Rep. MIKE KELLY (PA-3), House Committee on Ways and Means member:

• The proposed U.N. Arms Trade Treaty’s relationship to the 2nd Amendment and American strategy abroad
• The Senate’s responsibility to protect the country from inadvisable international agreements
• An upcoming conferences on the Arms Trade Treaty that bans opponents of the agreement from attending

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• ISIS’ threats to behead a third Westerner
• Russia’s increasingly capable nuclear armament and willingness to employ it
• China’s growing understanding of modern warfare and brinksmanship with U.S. flights