Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Elaine Donnelly, John Sitilides, Daniel Gallington, Michael Kofman

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

• Effect on U.S. armed forces of two women passing Ranger school
• Will standards be lowered for women in the military?
• Various behavioral issues that could arise having women in all-male units and in ground combat roles
• Does social engineering in the military work?

JOHN SITILIDES, Principal at Trilogy Advisors, LLC. Manages State Department Development Program for U.S. diplomats in Greece and Cyprus:

• Greece preparing to undergo its third national election in eight months amid severe economic and social turmoil
• Snap elections a chance for the newly-formed, radical left Popular Unity party to gain power in Greece
• Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing increased pressure from Turkey’s newest Pro-Kurdish political party
• Southern Europe an open frontier for refugees from North Africa and the Middle East

DANIEL GALLINGTON, Senior policy and program advisor at the George C. Marshall Institute, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense:

• Assessment of the negotiating strategy regarding the “ObamaBomb"
• Realities behind the verification capabilities of the nuclear deal with Iran
• The Senate’s stripping itself of responsibility in treaty making
• Are international arms control agreements a thing of the past?

MICHAEL KOFMAN, Public Policy Fellow at the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute:

• Russia ramping up the aggression in Eastern Ukraine
• Analyzing Moscow’s leverage in the conflict
• Failed alternatives to the Minsk Agreement

Sen. Thom Tillis, Fred Fleitz, Rep. Christ Stewart, Marc Lebuis

Sen. THOM TILLIS (R-NC): Member of the Senate Committees on Armed Forces and the Judiciary:

• U.S. conventional capabilities significantly reduced in the Middle East
• Can Congress get sixty-seven votes to overturn the Iran Deal?
• Allies in the Western Pacific noting a hallowing out of the U.S. armed forces amid Chinese expansionism
• Will Obama veto the NDAA?

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?

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

• Problems surrounding the verification process of Iranian nuclear sites
• Iran’s secret side deal with the IAEA
• Strategic purpose of Iran leaking information regarding the nuclear negotiations

MARC LEBUIS, Creator of Point de Bascule, prominent researcher of Islamic activity in Canada:

• Overview of Quebec Bill 59
• The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s plan of imposing Sharia blasphemy laws in Western society

Dr. Zachary Abuza, Jim Hanson, Diana West, Brian Garst

Dr. ZACHARY ABUZA: Principle at Southeast Asia Analytics, author of "Conspiracy of Silence: The Insurgency in Southern Thailand and Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia":

• Bangkok shrine bombing: who carried out this attack and why?
• Possible Islamic State connection to bombing due to influence in Southeast Asia
• Thai Junta exploitation of the attack
• Vietnamese capitulation to China as Beijing continues establishing a new hegemonic order in the Western Pacific

JIM HANSON, Executive Vice President of the Center for Security Policy and former U.S. Army special forces:

• Recent FBI report warning of possible American militia terror attacks
• Updates from Capitol Hill regarding the ObamaBomb deal
• Effects of Sen. Bob Menendez’s prosecution on the Iranian nuclear negotiations
• Reactions to two women graduating from the U.S. Army Ranger School

DIANA WEST: syndicated columnist and author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault On Our Nation’s Character”:

• A review of Donald Trump’s immigration policy
• Trump's effect on the political establishment, the 14th Amendment, and outsiders being a dominant force in Washington
• Frederick County Council (MD.) votes for bill repealing English-only ordinance

BRIAN GARST, Director of Government Relations at the Center for Freedom and Prosperity:

• Current situation playing out in the South Sudan
• The Obama administration’s role in solving the South Sudan conflict
• Most recent Greek bailout vote

Sarah Westwood, Matthew Vadum, Bill Gertz, Deroy Murdock

SARAH WESTWOOD: Investigative Reporter for the Washington Examiner, Fox News Contributor:

• Hillary Clinton’s judgment in dealing with sensitive data as a cause for disqualification from the 2016 presidential race
• Did Ms. Clinton have help in removing classified labels from emails before they were sent to private servers?
• Chances that another undocumented server exists with classified information stowed on it

MATTHEW VADUM, Senior Editor at the Capital Research Group, Author of “Subversion, Inc.”:

• What is the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)?
• History of community organizers and “mob rule”
• Saul Alinsky’s influence on Hillary Clinton and the modern press
• More on the “Red-Green Axis”

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• Concern over China’s new multiple independent continental ballistic missile
• National Security Agency leak about Beijing’s cyber espionage inside the U.S.
• The current United States Pacific Command commander and his attitude towards China building and militarizing Islands
• Russia’s violation of the 1987 Intermittent Nuclear Forces Treaty ignored by the Obama Administration

DEROY MURDOCK, Senior Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution:

• Looking at each failed facet of the Iranian nuclear deal
• Obama’s weak stance on most international agreements
• Key Democrats in Congress who can sway the Iran deal
• Hillary Clinton’s number of classified emails continues to grow

Pete Hoekstra, Amb. Yoram Ettinger, Gordon Chang, Mauricio Claver-Carone

PETE HOEKSTRA: Former Michigan Representative and Chairman of the Permanent House Select Committee on Intelligence:

• Classic examples of Hillary Clinton’s subversion of the law and the U.S. Constitutition
• Hillary Clinton’s trust of aid Huma Abedin
• Running damage control on the intelligence leaks arising from the ‘emailgate' scandal

Amb. YORAM ETTINGER, former Minister for Congressional Affairs at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC:

• Verified Saudi intelligence of increased repression inside Iran
• Unified Persian Gulf opposition to the nuclear deal with Tehran
• President’s Reuven Rivlin’s comments regarding the relationship between Jerusalem and Washington
• Need for American Congressman to break free from party line in the interests of national security

GORDON CHANG: author of “The Coming Collapse of China” and “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World”:

• China’s devaluation of currency related to financial stresses and economic warfare
• Chinese law enforcement officers inside the United States without notification and outside protocols
• Beijing’s currency manipulation to internationalize the Renminbi as a reserve currency

MAURICIO CLAVER-CARONE, Executive Director of Cuba Democracy Advocates, Editor of the Capitol Hill Cubans blog:

• Massive concessions given to the Castro regime despite being a state sponsor of terrorism and engaging in human trafficking
• Rising level of oppression inside Cuba
• How Castro has supported both FARC rebels in Colombia and the anti-American Maduro regime in Venezuela

Sen. James Lankford, Dr. Sean McFate, Fmr. Gov. John H. Sununu, Rep. Randy Weber

Sen. JAMES LANKFORD, United States Senator from Oklahoma:

• Problems with the Iran nuclear deal and how the Senate should proceed with it
• The President falsely advertising the agreement’s verification regime
• Could the upcoming IAEA report immediately lift restrictions on conventional arms and ballistic technology?
• The threat posed by an EMP attack on the U.S. electric grid, especially from Iran
• Hillary Clinton compromising national security through her email system  

Dr. SEAN McFATE, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, author of “The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order”:

• Private military contractors bringing cost-cutting effectiveness and private sector innovation to security-related problems
• Complex environments, lack of a regulatory framework, and a conflict of interests all hurdles for the private military industry
• Mercenaries fighting today in Syria and Nigeria

Fmr. Gov. JOHN H. SUNUNU, former Governor of New Hampshire, former White House Chief of Staff for President George H.W. Bush, author of The Quiet Man: The Indispensable Presidency of George H.W. Bush:

• The new world order established by George H.W. Bush at the end of the Cold War 
• Did the U.S. miss an opportunity to completely eliminate the old Soviet guard that now operates under Putin?
• Hillary Clinton’s trouble and concerning conduct 

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.

Dr. Michael Doran

Dr. MICHAEL DORAN, Former Senior Director at the National Security Council, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon, and Current Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute:

• Will the snapback sanctions really occur?  
• Responding to the President's view that this deal closes the path to a bomb. 
• Looking back at arms treaties with the USSR to gauge how successful this current deal will be

PART TWO:

• False argument that Iranian leader’s desperation to hold onto power has turned them into the “ultimate pragmatists”
• Bait and switch method of selling the deal to the American public all a reflection of Obama’s retracted view of U.S. foreign policy
• Following his reelection, the President’s activation of a secret line of communication with Tehran regarding the right to enrich uranium 

PART THREE:

• How ineffective American foreign policy has helped Iran gain influence in the region
• To what extent is Iran a threat to the U.S., the Middle East, and international order?
• Tehran’s current progress on its hegemonic ambitions, specifically in Iraq and Syria

PART FOUR:

• A plan for Syria and what comes next if Bashar al-Assad falls from power
• Unparalleled distance in the U.S.-Israel relationship under President Obama
• The prospects of a regional war after a belligerent Iran is strengthened by this deal
• Advice for Congress as members debate how to vote on the Iran agreement
• Why the alternative to this agreement is not war

Kevin Freeman, Diana West, Dr. Peter Huessy, Amb. Roger Noriega

KEVIN FREEMAN, Founder and CEO of the Freeman Global Investment Council, Founder and Chairman of the National Security Investment Consultant Institute:

• China’s devaluation of the stock market and the International Monetary Fund's reaction
• Will Beijing’s economic woes proceed into a developing armed conflict?
• The United States is underprepared for an economic war with China

DIANA WEST, Syndicated Columnist:

• Hillary Clinton finally turning private email server into federal authorities
• Will Huma Abedin skate free in the emailgate scandal?
• The natural outgrowth of American Jihad and its pull to join ISIS
• Bill in the Quebec provincial legislator that would adopt a “hate speech prohibition”

Dr. PETER HUESSY, President of GeoStrategic Analysis, Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council:

• Responding to the president’s claims that the Iran deal will block Tehran’s path to a nuclear bomb
• How the IAEA’s role in the agreement is troubling and unclear to the United States
• The prospects of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East
• Arms control advocates more concerned with the U.S. nuclear arsenal than that of its adversaries

Amb. ROGER NORIEGA, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs:

• How Iran will utilize sanctions relief for nefarious purposes in Latin America
• Implications of lifting sanctions on and removing from terrorist lists, specific Iranians involved in criminality and terrorism in the Western hemisphere
• The status of Iran putting missiles in Venezuela
• Obama’s attempted ‘charm offensive’ towards Caracas
• How to deal with the possibility of a collapsed Maduro regime

Amb. Eric Edelman, Alan Dershowitz, Guy Taylor, Dr. Luis Fleischman

Amb. ERIC EDELMAN, Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Finland:

• Anxiety over the Iran deal despite the White House saying it has world support  
• Expert disagreement with what the president has said in regards to verification and compliance
• American Jewish population opposition to the deal
• Greater U.S. interests in the Middle East  

Prof. ALAN DERSHOWITZ, Author of "The Case Against the Iran Deal: How Can We Now Stop Iran From Getting Nukes?":

• False premise that this nuclear deal will change Iranian society for the better
• Nuclear deal increasing the likelihood of all out war in the Middle East
• Why Tehran’s signing bonus could be considered illegal
• Why the left is characterizing Senator Chuck Schumer as a traitor

GUY TAYLOR, National Security Team Leader at The Washington Times:

• The status of the administration’s Iran deal “sales campaign” on Capitol Hill
• The effect of the IAEA’s upcoming report on the conventional arms and ballistic missile restrictions on Iran
• Russia’s relationship with the mullahs and its involvement with hacking U.S. national security officials’ emails

Dr. LUIS FLEISCHMAN, Senior Advisor to the Center for Security Policy’s Menges Hemispheric Security Project, editor of its "Americas Report":

• Upcoming Argentinian primary election showcasing the power of the ruling Kirchner government
• Falkland Wars as a symbol of nationalism against western imperialism
• Hezbollah increasing its presence in Latin America with help from the Venezuelan government

Dr. Martin Peretz, Sarah Steelman, Michael Rowan, Gordon Chang

Dr. MARTIN PERETZ, former Editor-In-Chief of The New Republic:

• Prominent Democrats who have rescinded their support for Obama’s Iran deal
• The failed “North Korea” policy being applied yet again by Wendy Sherman
• Urgent need to rise above party line and partisanship to kill this dangerous Iran deal

Prof. SARAH STEELMAN, former Missouri State Senator and Treasurer:

• The Divest Terror Initiative of the State of Missouri
• Countering the Iran deal through individual state legislation

MICHAEL ROWAN, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President at Climate Prosperity Enterprise Solutions LLC:

• Venezuela’s continuing decline due to Chavez and the collapse of oil prices
• The Maduro regime’s connection with narco traffickers making it a state sponsor of terror
• Passport laundering aiding Iranian proxies in the western hemisphere
• Relationship between the governments in Havana and Caracas

GORDON CHANG, Author of “The Coming Collapse of China” and “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World”:

• Comparing China’s regressing demographic situation with India’s more promising one
• Whether a declining workforce is causing Beijing’s political turmoil
• The importance of countering China’s aggressive behavior such as island-building in the South China Sea
• Hong Kong’s aspirations for autonomy and its attitude towards assertive Chinese activity