Episodes
Wednesday Nov 26, 2014
Adm. James "Ace" Lyons
Wednesday Nov 26, 2014
Wednesday Nov 26, 2014
Adm. James “Ace” Lyons (Ret.), former Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet:
PART ONE
- President Obama’s goal of fundamentally transforming America’s role in the world
- Is there a global jihadist movement taking place?
- Implications of the failure of U.S. leadership to understand the coherent ideology of radical Islam
PART TWO:
- The Benghazi Citizen’s Committee investigation
- A controversial transfer of jurisdiction to the State Department following the murder of Amb. Chris Stevens
- Political interests and the release of a House Intelligence report on Benghazi
- The UAE's designation of CAIR and the Muslim-American Society as terrorist groups
PART THREE
- Why China is a growing military adversary to the United States
- The Admiral’s take on Putin and Russian aggression in Europe
- America’s relationship with Iran, the status of the nuclear program talks, and Obama’s secret letter to Tehran
PART FOUR
- The shrinking U.S. Navy and Army
- Modernization and the pursuit of advanced capabilities by such adversarial nations as China, Russia, and Iran
- How sequestration and Obama Administration-sponsored social experiments are hampering U.S. military readiness
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