Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Sec. John Lehman, Diana West, Rep. Chris Stewart, Andy McCarthy

JOHN LEHMAN, former Secretary of the U.S. Navy:

• Ashton Carter’s plea to China to cease artificial island proliferation 
• A U.S. reduction of military forces worldwide
• Paralyzing effects of an increasing Pentagon bureaucracy
• The Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program’s strategic importance

DIANA WEST, author of “Death of the Grown Up” and “American Betrayal”:

• The world’s view of the United States since Pres. Obama took office
• Obama’s strategy to have America “lay low”
• Diana West’s “A Short History of Our Age”

Rep. CHRIS STEWART (UT-2), member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:

• Folderol of the TSA program
• Obama’s non-policy in the Middle East
• The Syrian refugee resettlement program
• Is the USA Freedom Act a good compromise?

ANDY McCARTHY, former U.S. Federal Prosecutor: 

• Rand Paul’s misrepresentation of the NSA’s authority
• How phone companies could be used as records depositories
• Policies which have contributed to the rise of ISIS
• The Supreme Court ruling on the Abercrombie and Fitch hijab case

With Amb. Robert Joseph, Claudia Rosett, Amb. Roger Noriega, Gordon Chang

Amb. ROBERT JOSEPH, former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security:

• The fatally flawed Iran framework agreement
• America’s over-reliance on the IAEA
• The ineffectiveness of “snapback” sanctions
• An argument for keeping the option of military force against Iran

CLAUDIA ROSETT, Journalist-In-Residence with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies:

• The Obama administration's desperation to cut a nuclear deal
• Iran and North Korea’s trade relations
• The UN’s blind eye to Hezbollah operations in Lebanon
• Chinese activities in the South China Sea

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

• The “Zero Sum Game” being played by China and the US in the South China Sea
• Japanese role in Ash Carter’s reception by the Chinese
• What else could the US be doing to give this zero sum game more substance?

Amb. ROGER NORIEGA, former Ambassador to the Organization of American States:

• Cuba’s removal from the State Sponsor of Terrorism List
• The continued free-fall of the Maduro regime in Venezuela
• Implications for the US of the upcoming Mexican elections
• An assessment of Mexico’s success in the war against the drug cartels
• The Obama administration’s assistance to El Salvador