Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Bing West, Kyle Shideler, Gordon Chang, Jose Cardenas

BING WEST, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, USMC Force Recon veteran of the Vietnam War:

• Russian tanks and possible air defense capabilities on the ground in Syria in support of Assad
• Possible outcomes for Iraq
• Passive administration responses to anti-U.S. actions taken by the regimes in Tehran, Moscow, and Beijing
• Prescription for a new U.S. policy in the Middle East

KYLE SHIDELER, Director of the Threat Information Office at the Center for Security Policy:

• CAIR’s support of California’s AB-953 Bill
• Importance of the Muslim Brotherhood’s “Pharaoh” label
• European police hunting for jihadists hidden in the migrant population
• How the U.S. can protect itself from unvetted refugees

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

• The Chinese Navy’s incursion into U.S. territorial water
• American weakness in the Pacific empowering Xi Jinping
• Beijing’s continued economic free-fall
• Prospects for China becoming the world’s economic leader

JOSÉ CÁRDENAS, Former State Department official and contributor to Foreign Policy’s Shadow Government Blog:

• Recent developments regarding Venezuelan political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez
• Chances of strengthening American-Venezuelan relations
• China’s propping up of the Maduro Regime
• Increase of human rights violations in Cuba since the diplomatic normalization

Douglas Murray

DOUGLAS MURRAY, Associate Director of the Henry Jackson Society and Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute:

• Recent appointment of a radical left leader to the British Labour Party
• Jeremy Corbyn’s stance on Britain’s nuclear defense
• Push for accepting Middle Eastern migrants

PART TWO

• Migrant crisis in Europe
• Demographic make up of Middle Eastern refugees
• Is the “European Dream” coming to an end?

PART THREE:

• European pressure on Great Britain to accept more migrants
• Australian Prime Minister Abbot’s advice to Europe
• How migrant infusion can destroy native cultures

PART FOUR:

• Europe’s self-imposed blindness concerning their refugee crisis
• Islamic courts in the United Kingdom
• Can the U.S. perfect the U.K vision on counter extremism?

Rep. Mike Kelly, Bill Gertz, Rep. Barry Loudermilk, Elaine Donnelly, Dr. Victor Davis Hanson

Rep. MIKE KELLY (PA-3), Member of the House Ways and Means Committee:

• Talking points reiterated in Congress on “a complete verification regime”, “cutting off all pathways to the bomb”, and “a safer, more stable Middle East”
• Senate Democrats allying with the President over their constituents
• Same negotiating tactics as the Obamabomb Deal to be used by the Administration at an upcoming climate change summit in Paris
• Ceding the power of the purse to the Executive Branch

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon, Washington Times columnist:

• Security breaches and intelligence losses as described by Chairman Thornberry
• Iran Deal dangers as it relates to the Quds Forces
• Russia building a nuclear-armed drone submarine
• Mike Rogers: cybersecurity danger is growing
• S.-Russian friction in the Arctic

Rep. BARRY LOUDERMILK (GA-11), Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Member of the Homeland Security Committee:

• Merits of the nuclear agreement with Iran
• Most recent attempts on the Hill to end the nuclear deal
• Defending the U.S. from an Iranian EMP
• Greater chances of war due to the Obamabomb deal

ELAINE DONNELLY, Founder and President of the Center for Military Readiness:

• Marine Corps’ stance emphasizing on combat realities instead of social science theory
• Statistics showing all male units perform better than mixed gender units
• Effects of social engineering on the U.S. Armed Forces

Dr. VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of “The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars that Were Lost, from Ancient Greece to Iraq”:

• How the refugee crisis in Europe can affect the United States
• Cyclical nature of Western society
• Historical clashes between Europe and Islam

Rep. Chris Stewart, Fred Fleitz, Rep. Lee Zeldin, Nonie Darwish, Dr. Michael Auslin

Rep. CHRIS STEWART, U.S. Representative for Utah’s 2nd Congressional district:

• Administration claims regarding the Obamabomb deal
• Obama’s response to the Corker-Cardin Bill
• Iranian cyber attacks against the U.S. electric grid
• Dangers of accepting Syrian refugees into the West

FRED FLEITZ, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy, former CIA Analyst:

• Should the Obamabomb deal be considered “national security fraud”?
• Possible alternative to the deal struck by team Obama
• Will Hillary Clinton be held accountable for her email scandal?
• Inability of U.S. intelligence agencies to vet Syrian refugees

Rep. LEE ZELDIN (NY-1), House Foreign Affairs Committee Member and Member of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade:

• Growing list of reasons to oppose the Iranian nuclear deal
• National security fraud by Congressional members supporting the Obamabomb deal
• Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent criticism of the nuclear agreement
• Increased chances of war due to the Iran deal

NONIE DARWISH, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, founder of Arabs for Israel, and author of “The Devil We Don’t Know: The Dark Side of Revolutions in the Middle East”:

• International perspective on U.S. leadership as it relates to the Iran Deal
• At this point, the only thing keeping ISIS from Baghdad, is the Iranian military
• Obamabomb deal uniting Israel and the Sunni Arab states
• Huma Abedin’s influence on U.S. policy towards the Arab Spring
• Oil-rich countries not accepting a proper number of Syrian refugees

Dr. MICHAEL AUSLIN, Resident Scholar and Director of Japan Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, author of the upcoming “The Asia Bubble: Tracking the Risks that Threaten the Asian Century”:

• Making the case for why America should revive its nuclear culture
• Reelection of Shinzo Abe as Japan continues down a culturally transformative path regarding foreign policy
• “Peak China” and what to prepare for next

Hon. Douglas J. Feith

Hon. DOUGLAS J. FEITH, Senior Fellow and Director of National Security Strategies at the Hudson Institute, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, and author of “War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism”:

• Iran deal as seen from the varying arguments of Colin Powell and Dick Cheney
• Are all pathways to an Iranian bomb really cut off?
• Trends of recent U.S. arms agreements over the last several decades

PART TWO:

• Main focus of the nuclear facility inspections
• American knowledge of secret Iranian nuclear sites
• Secret side deals between the IAEA and Tehran

PART THREE:

• The implications that the Corker-Cardin Bill will have on passage of the nuclear deal with Iran
• How the ObamaBomb deal affects the U.S.-Israeli relationship
• Obama’s relationship with the Jewish State

PART FOUR:

• Israeli security implications of the ObamaBomb deal
• Sanctions reliefs for the Iranian regime
• Threat to the U.S. from an Iranian nuclear attack
• Possibility of Congress shutting down a vote on nuclear deal

PART FIVE:

• Vladimir Putin investing in his nuclear arsenal and implementing an aggressive foreign policy in the hope of returning Russia to its Cold War glory
• China viewing Obama’s lame duck term as a window of opportunity for territorial expansion
• Security concerns in Latin America as Washington normalizes relations with Cuba
• The dangerous consequences of slashing America’s military expenditures

Dr. Stewart Patrick, Amb. Yoram Ettinger, Raffi Williams, Michael O'Hanlon

Dr. STEWART PATRICK, Senior Fellow and Director of the International Institutions and the Global Governance Program at the Council on Foreign Relations:

• How should the world respond to the migrant crisis?
• Determining which migrants are truly seeking asylum
• Various approaches to assimilating Muslims to western society

Amb. YORAM ETTINGER, Former Minister of Congressional Affairs at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.:

• Calls for Israel to accept Syrian refugees
• Possibility of missile sanctions being lifted on Iran
• Obama’s errors of judgment regarding foreign policy in the Middle East

RAFFI WILLIAMS, Deputy Press Secretary at the Republican National Committee:

• Hillary Clinton’s private email server containing highly-classified material on the North Korean nuclear program?
• Those in the Clinton camp putting national security at risk by avoiding a FOIA request
• Former Secretary of State Clinton laying the groundwork for the failed policies of the Iran Deal, 'Pivot to Asia', and the 'Russia Reset'

MICHAEL O’HANLON, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of Research for the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution:

• Possible solutions to the humanitarian crisis in Syria
• Allowing the Kurds and Sunnis self-governance in Iraq
• Role of the Gulf States in stabilizing the Middle East

Sen. Ted Cruz, Fred Fleitz, Danielle Pletka, Rep. Randy Weber

Sen. TED CRUZ (R-TX), 2016 Presidential Candidate:

• Democratic Senators Cardin, Menendez, and Schumer’s opposition to the brokered nuclear agreement with Iran
• White House efforts encouraging Senate democrats to filibuster a vote on a resolution of disapproval concerning the deal
• Iranian EMP threat to take down the U.S. electric grid

FRED FLEITZ, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy, former CIA analyst:

• Mullahs using their own equipment and inspectors for verification
• Iranian threats to IAEA officials
• The Iran legislation “turning the Constitution on its head” by not being submitted to Congress as a treaty
• Revelation that no Tehran official has actually signed the nuclear accord?

DANIELLE PLETKA, Senior Vice President for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute:

• Comparison of the 1970’s Carter global setbacks to today’s partisan foreign policy debate on Iran
• Inability of the Administration to implement any successful strategy or policy in the volatile Middle East
• S. foreign policy being tested by China in the Bering Sea, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the Mullah’s goals of becoming nuclear

Rep. RANDY WEBER, (TX-14) Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology:

• The need for the Iranian regime to release all American hostages, dismantle all centrifuges, and recognize the right of Israel to exist
• The high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) threat from Iran to the United States
• Why cutting all federal funding to sanctuary cities is essential to stemming the flow of illegal immigration to the U.S.

Sen. Ted Cruz, Rowan Scarborough, Danielle Pletka, Daniel Gallington, Bill Gertz

Sen. TED CRUZ (R-TX), 2016 Presidential Candidate:

• Democratic Senators Cardin, Menendez, and Schumer's opposition to the brokered nuclear agreement with Iran
• White House efforts encouraging Senate democrats to filibuster a vote on a resolution of disapproval concerning the deal
• Iranian EMP threat to take down the U.S. electric grid

ROWAN SCARBOROUGH, Washington Times national security reporter, and author of “Rumsfeld’s War”:

• Historical comparisons to the ObamaBomb deal
• How a new Inspector General at the state department started the Clinton email scandal
• Patrick Kennedy’s role in the investigation of Hillary Clinton
• Social engineering of the U.S. Green Berets

DANIELLE PLETKA, Senior Vice President for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute:

• Comparison of the 1970’s Carter global setbacks to today’s partisan foreign policy debate on Iran
• Inability of the Administration to implement any successful strategy or policy in the volatile Middle East
• U.S. foreign policy being tested by China in the Bering Sea, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the Mullah’s goals of becoming nuclear

DANIEL GALLINGTON, Former bipartisan General Council on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence:

• Recent letter sent to President Obama regarding the ObamaBomb deal
• Likelihood of an arms race in the Middle East
• Potential of an Iranian attack on the U.S. electric grid
• How the classification process at the State Department works

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• Russian spy vessel monitoring U.S. nuclear sub bases and transit routes
• Moscow’s hybrid warfare targeting the Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN)
• Administration’s views regarding partnerships with China and Russia

Kyle Shideler, Michael Pregent, Dr. Max Abrahms, Guy Taylor

KYLE SHIDELER, Director of the Threat Information Office at the Center for Security Policy:

• Saudi Arabia’s role in supporting the global jihad
• Iran’s assistance to the 9/11 hijackers
• Petraeus’ proposal to use al Qaeda to fight ISIS
• Existence of “No-Go Zones” in France

MICHAEL PREGENT, Executive Director of Veterans Against the Deal:

• Veterans Against the Deal’s stance on the ObamaBomb deal
• Staff Sergeant Robert Bartlett’s encounter with an Iranian IED
• How the American people can help Veteran’s Against the Deal

Dr. MAX ABRAHMS, Professor at Northeastern University, Senior Fellow at George Washington University’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security:

• One year anniversary of the fight to defeat the Islamic State
• Differing strategies of terror between the Islamic State and Al Qaeda
• Reports of Russian boots on the ground in Syria
• The Assad Regime being closed in on by anti-government rebels and Islamic State fighters

GUY TAYLOR, National Security Team leader at the Washington Times:

• Vladimir Putin meddling in the Syrian civil war
• Diplomatic and militaristic ties between Moscow and Tehran
• President Xi Jinping scheduled visit to the United States

Adm. James "Ace" Lyons, Col. John Warden III, Russ Read, Amb. Henry Cooper, Diana West

Adm. JAMES ‘ACE’ LYONS, Retired Four-Star Admiral and former Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet:

• Recent letter from former senior military officers rejecting the nuclear deal with Iran
• Lack of input from current military officials on the ObamaBomb deal
• Did Obama concede all demands from Tehran?
• Israel’s military options to defend themselves from the Islamic Republic
• One-year anniversary of American air strikes on the Islamic State

Col. JOHN WARDEN III, architect of the Desert Storm air campaign, and author of the best seller “The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat”:

• Growing problems involved in a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities
• Iran’s possible acquisition of Russian missile defenses and advanced aircraft
• The state of America’s current air capabilities
• Grading the adequacy of air strikes against the Islamic State

RUSS READ, Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs at the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET), President and Editor-in-Chief of ParabellumReport.com:

• Looking inside the Iranian ballistic missile program to gauge Tehran’s ability to produce an ICBM
• EMP threats and the Mullah’s asymmetric tactics against the West
• How Iranian military actions are threatening shipping routes in the Suez Canal as well as the greater Persian Gulf

Amb. HENRY COOPER, Former Director of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization and President Reagan’s chief negotiator at the Geneva Defense and Space Talks (1985):

• Importance of the letter opposing the Iran deal sent to President Obama
• Does the nuclear deal with Iran end nuclear non-proliferation?

DIANA WEST, Author of “Death of the Grown Up” and “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on our Nation’s Character”:

• Mass migration of military-aged Muslims to Europe
• Advice from countries already housing Muslim migrants to countries whom wish to accept them
• How political correctness is dangerous to the American identity
• Rep. Brian Babin’s attempt to slow down refugee resettlement in the U.S.