Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Pete Hegseth and Daniel Akbari

PETE HEGSETH, Fox News Channel and National Review contributor, Iraq and Afghanistan combat veteran, author of “In the Arena: Good Citizens, a Great Republic and How One Speech Can Reinvigorate America”:

• What it takes to be a citizen of a republic

(PART TWO):

• Drafting women in the U.S. military
• Importance of American leadership in the world
• Continuing threat of Islamic radicalism

DANIEL AKBARI, author of “Honor Killing: A Professional’s Guide to Sexual Relations and Ghayra Violence from the Islamic Sources”:

• Definition of Sharia
• Differences between Sunni and Shiite Islam
• Is there such a thing as moderate Islam within the dictates of Sharia?

(PART TWO):

• Pre-violent civilization jihad
• Radical Islam in prison

Gordon Chang, Kevin Freeman, Rowan Scarborough and Clare Lopez

GORDON CHANG, Forbes.com contributor, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

• China continuing to steal intellectual property from American companies
• North Korean Congress first meeting since 1980
• Is the Obama administration attempting a peace deal with Pyongyang? 

KEVIN FREEMAN, Founder and CEO of Freeman Global Holdings LLC, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy:

• Chinese economic warfare against the U.S.
• Beijing’s currency manipulation of the dollar
• Relationship between Riyadh and Beijing governments

ROWAN SCARBOROUGH, National Security Reporter at the Washington Times:

• Women in combat
• Problems associated with transgender individuals in the military

CLARE LOPEZ, Vice President of Research and Analysis at the Center for Security Policy, former CIA Operations Officer:

• The Gulen and Erdogan feud
• Is Turkey a reliable NATO member and U.S. ally?
• Implications from the New York Times' Ben Rhodes profile

Jim Hanson, Mauricio Claver-Carone, Robin Simcox and Bill Gertz

JIM HANSON, Executive Vice President of the Center for Security Policy:

• Media response to Ben Rhodes’ scandal
• Clinton foundation donations from Persian Gulf
• Konrad Adenauer Foundation poll of Muslim migrants
• Obama’s decree about transgender bathrooms in public schools

MAURICIO CLAVER-CARONE, Executive Director of Cuba Democracy Advocates:

• Ben Rhodes’ involvement in the Cuba deal
• Implications of the U.S. propping up the Castro regime
• Venezuela condemns Brazil’s impeachment of President Rousseff

ROBIN SIMCOX, Margaret Thatcher fellow in terrorism and national security analysis at the Heritage Foundation:

• London’s new Islamist mayor
• Demographic shift in the United Kingdom
• Immigration in Nordic countries

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• Large-scale cyber attacks continue against the U.S.
• FBI, DHS and the Justice Department are using Russian software to crack passwords
• Third Iranian underground facility discovered

(PART TWO):

• What is the “Guam-Killer”?
• The hypersonic arms race
• Donald Trump’s potential China policy

Fred Fleitz, Claudia Rosett, Dr. Harold Rhode and Dr. Mark Krikorian

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

• Ben Rhodes scandal
• Iran’s new S-300 missile defense system
• President Obama’s upcoming visit to Japan 

CLAUDIA ROSETT, Contributing columnist on foreign affairs at Forbes.com, blogs at the PJ Media Rosett Report:

• Obama administration’s manipulation of the press to sell foreign policy to the American public

Dr. HAROLD RHODE, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute:

• John Kerry’s pushes European banks to do business with Iran
• Erdogan’s authoritarian rule in Turkey
• Implications of visa-free travel for Turks in the European Union
• Why did the Prime Minister of Turkey resign?

Dr. MARK KRIKORIAN, Executive at the Center for Immigration Studies:

• Meeting between Republican leadership and Donald Trump on Capitol Hill
• Criminal justice reform bill
• Immigrant Advocacy groups “get-out-the-vote” campaigns 

Rep. Scott Perry, Dan Cadman, Diana West and Michael S. Smith

Rep. SCOTT PERRY (PA-4), Member of the House Homeland Security Committee:

• Ramifications of moving Guantanamo detainees to the U.S.
• Vulnerability of electric grid to EPA regulations
• Should Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security advisor, resign for lying about the Iran nuclear deal?

DAN CADMAN, Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies

• Obama’s immigration legacy
• Is there a “right-to-migrate”?
• Violent crime in sanctuary cities

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

• New London Mayor’s Islamist ties
• Vladimir Bukovsky suing British government
• Feud Between Speaker Paul Ryan and Donald Trump

MICHAEL S. SMITH II, Co-Founder and COO of Kronos Advisory, Contributing expert to the Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus:

• Twitter enabling ISIS propaganda and recruitment
• Islamic State hit list on ordinary Americans

Elaine Donnelly

ELAINE DONNELLY, President of the Center for Military Readiness:

• Which is most important? Combat effectiveness or equal opportunity and the advancement of social agendas?
• Military becoming vulnerable to leftist agenda 

(PART TWO):

• Defining “direct-action-combat”
• 2012 Marine Corps study multi-phase research project on women in combat roles
• Why standards will be lowered for women 

(PART THREE):

• Danger to both men and women in mixed combat units
• Will women be ordered into combat roles against their will?
• Social cohesion problems within the military

(PART FOUR):

• HASC vote to include women in the draft

(PART FIVE):

• Transgender issues in the military
• Rising sexual assault reports among troops

Bing West, Brent Scher, Kyle Shideler and Gordon Chang

BING WEST, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, served in USMC Force Recon:

• Obama’s Iraq continues to fail
• Efforts made by the Baghdad government and Peshmerga on trying to retake Mosul
• Syrian cease-fire status
• Hopes that Afghanistan won’t end up like Iraq due to a continued presence of US forces
• The Clinton legacy in Libya

BRENT SCHER, Staff Writer for the Washington Free Beacon:

• FBI bringing Hillary Clinton in for questioning
• Huma Abedeen’s role in the illegal e-mail server
• Investigation of the Clinton Foundation

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

• Is Turkey a worthwhile ally?
• Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s resignation 
• Erdogan as a potential caliph 

GORDON CHANG, Forbes.com columnist, Daily Beast Contributor:

• Could a stronger relationship between the Philippines and the U.S. push back on Beijing’s ambitions?
• Capitulation to China a bipartisan problem in the U.S.
• Next flashpoint for Chinese military aggression

Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad

Amb. ZALMAY KHALILZAD, Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan, Author of the recent book “Envoy: From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World”:

• Role of Sharia law in Afghanistan
• The crisis in the Islamic world

(PART TWO):

• Is a unitary or federal government best for Afghanistan?
• How Pakistan contributes to Kabul’s woes
• Why Iraq fell apart

(PART THREE):

• Iran’s regional hegemonic aspirations
• Saudi connections to ISIS
• Iranian deal launched the spread of nuclear capability in the Middle East

(PART FOUR):

• Turkey’s role in the region
• OIC’s “Plan of Action”
• A prescription for the Middle East

Dr. Mark Schneider

Dr. MARK SCHNEIDER, Senior Analyst with the National Institute for Public Policy:

• Russia’s complete modernization of nuclear weapons
• Putin’s violations of the START treaty

(PART TWO):

• What is a cobalt bomb?
• Development of hypersonic missiles in Russia
• Moscow’s “De-Escalation” doctrine

(PART THREE):

• Likelihood of a future war involving nuclear weapons?
• China’s “First-Use” policy

(PART FOUR):

• What is the underground Great Wall of China?
• U.S. modernization programs compared to Russia and China

(PART FIVE):

• Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs
• Viability of the American nuclear arsenal
• Lethality of U.S. second-strike capability

Rep. Rob Bishop, Diana West, Daniel Horowitz and Fred Fleitz

Rep. ROB BISHOP (UT-1), Member of the Readiness Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee:

• House Armed Service Committee passing National Defense Authorization Act
• Sparing the military from interference from Sage Grouse populations
• Revisiting women in combat roles

DIANA WEST, author of “The Death of the Grown Up”:

• Donald Trump’s big win
• President Obama’s continued lack of a foreign policy strategy
• Former NATO speechwriter’s revelations about green on blue attacks

DANIEL HOROWITZ, Senior editor at “Conservative Review,” author of the upcoming book “Stolen Sovereignty: How to Stop Unelected Judges from Transforming America”:

• Problems with the criminal justice reform bill
• Mandatory draft for women in combat roles

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

• State of play in Iraq at the moment
• Iran’s involvement in Iran and Syria
• Upcoming book “Warning Order: China Prepares for Conflict and Why We Must Do the Same”