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American Lawmakers Set Sights on Future Security Challenges

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with Rep. Mike Pompeo, Diana West, Rep. Mike Kelly, Jim Hanson

REP. MIKE POMPEO (KS-04), member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:

  • Explaining the language towards Guantanamo Bay in a potential National Defense Authorization Act
  • ISIS’ threats against the families of U.S. service members
  • Why the newly established National Counterintelligence and Security Center hurts the intelligence community
  • NSA contributions to counterterrorism efforts

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character”:

  • Contrasting the Michael Brown case to that of former Army Ranger Lt. Michael Behenna
  • Patterns of the military justice system under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama
  • Will permanently closing Guantanamo Bay lead to a resurgence of extremists on the battlefield?
  • The President’s response to calls to designate CAIR and the Muslim American Society as Muslim Brotherhood fronts

REP. MIKE KELLY (PA-03), member of the House Committee on Ways and Means:

  • America’s role in sustaining free and open internet access for users worldwide
  • Prospects for the Defending Internet Freedom Act
  • Ways of developing a meaningful policy towards dealing with Ebola and countering infectious diseases

JIM HANSON, former Army Special Operations Technical Weapons Sergeant:

  • China’s increasing ability to take down America’s power grid
  • Ramifications of the National Defense Authorization Act on the United States military
  • How the recent FBI and DHS warning to military personnel and their families will affect the moral of America’s troops
  • The upshot of an Ash Carter nomination for Secretary of Defense

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Terror in Jerusalem

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With Diana West, Jim Hanson, Caroline Glick, Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character”:

  • The National Cathedral’s controversial decision to host an Islamic prayer service
  • How and why Muslim Brotherhood-connected organizations in the U.S. are taking advantage of “inter-faith dialogues”
  • Similar tradecraft methods of the former Soviet communists and Muslim Brotherhood operatives

JIM HANSON, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy and former U.S. Special Operations Weapons Sergeant:

  • Predicting how the Republican-controlled Congress will react to President Obama’s proposed amnesty
  • A look at the U.S. mission creep in Iraq and Syria
  • The morale of U.S. armed service members in light of a possible return to Iraq

CAROLINE GLICK, columnist at the Jerusalem Post:

  • Yesterday’s synagogue massacre in Jerusalem
  • PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas’ statements on and influence over the Temple Mount controversy and recent violence in Israel
  • The tattered state of American-Israeli relations

Dr. EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies:

  • A worrisome trend of growing anti-Israeli sentiments in Europe’s governing and civil society sectors
  • The latest on the Iran nuclear talks
  • Eery similarities between current U.S. tensions with Iran, and America’s brinkmanship with the old USSR

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A Republican Congress: A Fresh Beginning

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With Diana West, Jim Hanson, Yleem Poblete, Peter Pham

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on our Nation’s Character”:
  • How a GOP majority in the Senate and House can respond to the plea for help to stop President Obama’s lawlessness
  • The need for the U.S. government to take accountability of a failed policy in Afghanistan
  • The unjust imprisonment of Sgt. Derek Miller as a paradigm of an ill-advised counterinsurgency strategy
JIM HANSON, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy’s Secure Freedom Roku channel and former 1st Army Special Operations:
  • Election outcomes and their bearing on potential national security policy changes
  • “A Tale of Two Sergeants” and how a drastic change is needed in guardianship of U.S. military personnel
  • The Administration’s possible attempt to ‘whitewash’ the Bergdahl affair
  • Inadvisability regarding a Navy SEAL operator revealing classified information on the Osama bin Laden raid
YLEEM POBLETE, former chief of staff of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs:
  • How domestic economic concerns led the way for a new conservative direction on foreign affairs
  • Looking ahead to the GOP Congress fighting both Iranian influence in the western hemisphere and a proposed nuclear deal
  • The prospects of resetting relations with Israel
Dr. J. PETER PHAM, Director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center and author of “Somalia: Fixing Africa’s Most Failed State”:
  • Nigeria and Senegal’s effective eradication of the Ebola virus and the lessons learned
  • How turbulence in Burkina Faso threatens Western counterterrorism operations in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Overeagerness of the international community to ouster Burkina Faso’s Blaise Compaore

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Afghanistan’s Dubious Future

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With Dr. Sherkoh Abbas, Jim Hanson, Richard Viguerie, Diana West

Dr. SHERKOH ABBAS, President of the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria:
  • Iran’s nefarious influence in conflict and ethnic divisions across the Middle East
  • The inadequate U.S. support for the Kurds fighting the Islamic State
  • Regional opposition to and subversion of Kurdish ambitions for an autonomous state
JIM HANSON, senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy:
  • Connections between so-called “Lone Wolf” attacks
  • The Islamic State’s possible possession of chemical WMDs
  • Concerns about the Afghan security forces as U.K. and U.S. withdraw
  • Implications of eliminating the use and stockpiles of U.S. land mines
RICHARD VIGUERIE, Founder of ConservativeHQ.com:
  • An opportunity for conservative empowerment in the upcoming 2014 midterm elections
  • The self-inhibiting hesitance of Republican leaders to nationalize elections
  • Using online social media to quickly disseminate messages and empower politically conscious individuals
DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character”:
  • Dutch politician Geert Wilder’s plan to save the West from the global jihad
  • Connecting the dots of the “Lone Wolf” phenomenon
  • The transformation of some American mosques into seedbeds for jihadist indoctrination

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The Global Jihad Spreads to Canada

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With Rep. John Fleming, Tarek Fatah, Fred Fleitz, Diana West

Rep. JOHN FLEMING (LA-4), Member of the House Armed Services Committee and House Committee on Natural Resources:

  • What’s animating the recent events in Canada?
  • Strategic implications of Vladimir Putin having nuclear capabilities in the Crimea
  • Stagnating US strategic and tactical nuclear forces
  • The potential for a dangerous executive amnesty for illegal immigrants in the US

TAREK FATAH, Canadian activist and author of “Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State”:

  • Addressing the political elements of Islam
  • The Canadian media’s earlier treatment of Islamist ideology
  • The dangers of “two faced” allies such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar
  • How should President Obama respond to the threat Islamism poses to the free world?

FRED FLEITZ, senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy and former CIA analyst:

  • An intelligence analyst’s perspective on “The New York Times” report of WMDs in Iraq
  • Concerns about President Obama’s foreign policy strategy
  • Possible motives and reasoning behind the Ottawa terror attack

DIANA WEST, author of  “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character”:

  • The attrition of the idea of America as a nation-state
  • A case for why deploying U.S. troops to fight Ebola is unconstitutional
  • Understanding the rules of engagement for American troops in West Africa

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Venezuela on the U.N. Security Council?

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With Diana West, Fred Fleitz, Amb. James Jeffrey, Amb. Diego Arria

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character”:
  • Failings in the U.S. government’s response to the Ebola crisis
  • 1,000 Americans at the Baghdad Embassy threatened by the Islamic State’s advances
  • Problems with John Kerry’s supposed reset with the Russian government
FRED FLEITZ, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy and former CIA Analyst:
  • The New York Times breaks the story on the Pentagon’s concealment of chemical weapons stashes it found during the Iraq War
  • The U.S.’s position in the ongoing Iranian nuclear program talks
  • Ways to improve personal safety as ISIS encourages homegrown terrorist attacks against American military families
Amb. JAMES JEFFREY, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Turkey:
  • The role and interests of Turkey in the war against ISIS
  • Can the U.S. trust Turkey as an ally?
  • The two main factors that contributed to the rise of ISIS
  • A look at why many Muslims find it hard to take a stand against radical Islam
Amb. DIEGO ARRIA, former President of the UN Security Council and former Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations:
  • How Venezuela could influence and distort the workings of the U.N. Security Council if it earns membership
  • The theme of vitriolic anti-Americanism that defines Venezuela’s foreign policy
  • Why have the “malign actions of a rogue regime” less than two thousand miles away from the U.S. been overlooked by the State Department?
  • Cuba’s power over Venezuelan affairs

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From Communism to Islamism: The Secret Invasion of American Society

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With Diana West

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character”

PART ONE:

  • Consequences of the U.S.’s historical attempts to accommodate Soviet communism
  • The depth of Soviet subversion of American government and civil society from the 1930’s to the end of World War Two

PART TWO:

  • Did the USSR play a role in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
  • How American officials loyal to the USSR diverted wartime resources from U.S. troops and penetrated the U.S. atomic program
  • What a new Ken Burns documentary left out about the national security crisis that FDR faced

PART THREE:

  • What can the U.S. learn from the ideology of communism to help combat the moral dilemma it faces from radical Islamism?
  • Why communism and Islamism have both been divorced from their crimes in American culture
  • Historical Communist Party connections to current European Union officials, and even President Barack Obama

PART FOUR:

  • Jihadist penetration and subversion in the U.S.
  • Stealth jihad and the manipulation of Western political thought
  • U.S. government agencies turning their backs on the ideological threats of today?

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The Syrian Nightmare Haunts Barack Obama

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With Caroline Glick, Diana West, John Strauchs, and Jim Hanson

CAROLINE GLICK, author of “The Israeli Solution: A One State Plan for Peace in the Middle East”:

  • Important differences between politicians and leaders that affect the security of the free world
  • What the President’s recent address says about the national security interests of the U.S. and Israel
  • How the ISIS crisis has made the Administration blind to the Iranian threat

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character”:

  • Congress’ deliberations over whether to support the President’s new ISIS strategy
  • Arming rebel groups has never boded well for the U.S. so why the push to do so in Syria?
  • The threat posed by Syrian refugees bringing radical Shariah law to the U.S.

JOHN STRAUCHS, former CIA operations officer and expert on physical security:

  • A homeland security update 13 years post 9/11
  • Vulnerabilities of the U.S. transportation infrastructure
  • The withering of NYC’s counterterrorism defenses because of political concessions
  • Stuxnet-like malware capable of penetrating system controls in the U.S. prison system

JIM HANSON, former US Army Special Operations Weapons Sergeant:

  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey’s claim that military boots on the ground is a potential option for fighting ISIS
  • Does the US government have a strategy to defeat ISIS through military, political, cultural, and diplomatic efforts?
  • An argument in support of a broader Authorization of Force to defeat offensive, global jihad
  • What arming “moderate rebels” in Syria entails

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Growing Russian Aggression has U.S. Looking to History for Answers

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With Diana West, Steve LeVine, Rep. Peter Roskam, Gordon Chang

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character”:

  • A look back at the Soviet partitioning of Poland during the beginning stages of World War II
  • Harry Hopkins’ role in FDR’s Administration and his Soviet-apologist tendencies
  • President Obama’s strategy towards Iran and his reliance on advisor Valerie Jarrett

STEVE LeVINE, author of the upcoming book “The Powerhouse: Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World”:

  • Expected longterm impact of sanctions on Russia’s oil industry
  • Details on the proposed South Stream Pipeline meant to circumvent Ukraine in getting oil to Europe
  • The Islamic State threat to energy security in Iraq

Rep. PETER ROSKAM, of Illinois’ 6th Congressional District:

  • The changing character of American support for Israel
  • Assessing how badly damaged Hamas was by its recent battle with Israel
  • Congressional efforts to stop Qatar’s support for Hamas and other jihadist terrorist groups

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

  • Protests over Beijing’s meddling in the upcoming 2017 election of the Hong Kong Chief Executive
  • Why democracy is a direct threat to the Communist Party in China
  • Aggressive Chinese behavior near the Hainan submarine base, and the U.S.’s failure to respond
  • Vladimir Putin’s use of the threat of nuclear weapons in his quest for dominance over Ukraine

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The Role U.S. Special Forces Could Play Against ISIS

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With Clare Lopez, Jim Hanson, Diana West, Fred Fleitz

CLARE LOPEZ, former CIA operations officer:

  • The importance of emphasizing the threat posed by Islamic jihad and shariah, and not simply individual terrorist groups
  • Risks from the ease with which Westerners waging jihad overseas can reenter their countries of origin
  • Saudi King Abdullah’s warning against “Inter-Islamic Civil Strife,” which failed to address radical Islam

JIM HANSON, Former U.S. Special Operations Technical Weapons Sergeant:

  • Should Task Force Black be turned loose against ISIS?
  • A call for the U.S. to declare war on all practitioners of violent jihad and extremism
  • Official government statements about a botched special-ops mission to rescue American journalist, James Foley

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on our Nation’s Character”:

  • What is the core issue in addressing the proliferation of radical Islam?
  • Evidence that there is an erosion of Western values and institutions taking place
  • A look back at Soviet-Nazi collaboration and aggression in WWII

FRED FLEITZ, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy:

  • The capture of several Russian soldiers within Ukraine
  • Prospects for peace after the latest Gaza-Israel ceasefire
  • Presidential circumvention of congressional oversight to push a climate change agenda
  • Appropriate measures for effectively containing the Islamic State

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