Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Rep. ROB BISHOP, U.S. Congressman for Utah’s 1st Congressional District:

• The ongoing impact of sequestration on the U.S. military
• Importance of the lack of Sunni countries involved in Iran negotiations
• Overlooked connections between environmental protectionism and military readiness

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on our Nation’s Character”:

• How the “Lend-Lease Policy” was engineered
• Huma Abedin’s influence over Hillary Clinton

Rep. KEN BUCK, U.S. Congressman for Colorado’s 4th Congressional district:

• Constant attempts by Iran to undermine U.S. interests
• Tehran’s potential targeting of the U.S. electric grid
• Repercussions of the President’s unwillingness to enforce immigration laws

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• Nomination of Gen. Joseph Dunford to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Dunford’s assessment of the Chinese hack of OPM
• Outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dempsey’s concerns with the Iranian nuclear talks
• Threat of hypersonic technology from the Chinese and Russians

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

• How the nuclear deal will legitimize the Iranian regime
• Likelihood that Obama’s deal with Iran will pass on Capitol Hill
• Presidential candidates’ views on the nuclear deal
• Verifiability of the nuclear agreement

Amb. YORAM ETTINGER, formerly the Minister for Congressional Affairs to Israel’s Embassy in Washington, DC:

• Defining “Stage One Policy Thinking”
• Obama administration efforts to establish an Iranian hegemony in the Middle East
• Legitimizing the regime in Tehran
• Should American Jews support President Obama’s nuclear talks with Iran?

NOLAN PETERSON, foreign correspondent at The Daily Signal

• An insider account of the so-called “ceasefire” in Eastern Ukraine
• Vast financial backing and technical expertise of the pro-Russian Separatist forces
• Deterring Putin’s aggression against the rest of Eastern Europe and the Baltic states
• Dangerous flash-points possible between Russia and NATO

JOE GUZZARDI, Media Director and Senior Writing Fellow at Californians for Population Stabilization:

• How the recent tragedy in San Francisco puts the spotlight on the controversial idea of “sanctuary cities”
• Using California as a case study in illegal immigration trends
• Evidence for a correlation between illegal immigration and California’s historic drought
• A pair of dangerous bills currently in the California State Legislature

Rep. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Representing the 27th District of Florida:

• The Obama Administration taking regressive steps in negotiating with the Mullahs in Tehran
• How an Iranian bomb affects Israel, American security interests worldwide, and the direct homeland security of the U.S.
• Concessions being given to the Castro regime in Cuba at an alarming pace

KENNETH TIMMERMAN, President and CEO of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran and Author of “Dark Forces: The Truth About what Happened in Benghazi”:

• Tehran's involvement in planning the 9/11 attacks by supplying direct aid to Al-Qaeda
• Plausibility of a peaceful nuclear-armed Iran?

ROSEMARY JENKS, Director of Government Relations at NumbersUSA:

• Who is winning the fight on immigration?
• The phenomenon of sanctuary cities
• Despite the lack of media coverage, the surge of unaccompanied minors across the southern border has yet to cease.

STEPHEN COUGHLIN, Author of “Catastrophic Failure: Blindfolding America in the Face of Jihad”:

• President Obama’s remarks outlining his plan to defeat ISIS
• ISIS being emboldened by the U.S.’ current strategy to defeat them
• Ideological evidence that proves ISIS is acting under Islamic Law
• Dangers of speaking out against Sharia law in the United States

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

• Will John Kerry walk away from the Iran nuclear deal?
• Implications of a nuclear Middle East
• Can an enemy be defeated through ideology?
• Congressional concern over the hacking of U.S. personnel files

PAMELA TSAI, Marketing Director for Epoch Media Group:

• Are China’s belligerent actions a result of political turmoil?
• China’s information war to change America’s perception of the Communist regime
• Where American advertising in China falls short

OREN KESSLER, Deputy Director for Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies:

• Unprecedented Islamic State-led violence in Egypt over the last two weeks
• The spread of Islamic terrorism from the Sinai into the rest of Egypt
• Distinguishing between the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, and the Islamic State

CLIFF KINCAID, Director of the Accuracy in Media’s Center for Investigative Journalism:

• Frank Marshall Davis’ influence on a young Barack Obama
• Obama as a Manchurian Candidate?
• Concerns Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is a Russian puppet

Lt. Gen. WILLIAM G. “JERRY” BOYKIN (ret.), former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence:

• The SPLC’s targeting of the Family Research Council
• Why the FBI and DoD removed the SPLC as an authenticated source
• Interfaith dialogue in Islam and the Quran

MARY KATHARINE HAM, co-author of “End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters and Makes America Less Free and Fun”:

• The Left’s “outrage industry”
• How political correctness affects both political figures and average citizens
• An unlikely partnership between the Left and Islamists
• Importance of speaking out to protect Constitutional liberties

JOHN SITILIDES, State Department consultant for Greece & Cyprus:

• Confusion over the question asked in Sunday's Greek referendum
• Will Varoufakis' resignation make a difference in the Greece-EU negotiations?
• Russian and Chinese interests in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean

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

• China’s recent economic free-fall
• Is there a Chinese influence in Greece amidst military expansionism in the Pacific?
• Xi Jinping's attempts to censor anti-communist views worldwide

MARTHA McSALLY, U.S. Representative (AZ-2) and Retired Air Force Colonel:

• An update on the nuclear negations with Iran and possible end-results
• The Iranian regime's threat of an EMP attack on the U.S. electric grid
 President Obama’s military strategy to defeat ISIS
• Thoughts on allowing American servicewomen to serve on the front lines

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

• Arguments against the newly normalized diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba
• Why the U.S.'s legitimization of Cuba hurts democracy in the Western Hemisphere
• Are Russian spies operating in Havana--again?

FRED FLEITZ, Senior VP for Policy and Programs, and former CIA analyst:

• The question of “managed inspections” of Iranian military facilities
• IAEA's role in any enforceable deal along with John Kerry’s misleading statements concerning verification
• Will Congress have a serious quality-control check if any deal is struck with Tehran?

CHRIS FARRELL, Director of Investigations and Research at Judicial Watch:

• Findings in the Clinton emails newly released through FOIA requests
• Redactions of Hillary Clinton’s State Department emails
• Huma Abedin’s role in selecting which emails were released
• The Obama administration’s attempts to suppress freedom of expression

Rep. LEE ZELDIN, Representative for New York’s 1st Congressional district:

• Middle Eastern leaders’ lack of respect for President Obama
• Should the President walk away from the Iran negotiations?
• Identifying the Jihadist threat

JIM HANSON, Executive Vice President at the Center for Security Policy and Former Army Special Forces officer:

• Work done by the Center for Security Policy to challenge the Iranian nuclear deal
• Chances of success for U.S. forces fighting ISIS
• U.S. intelligence sharing with Iranian Revolutionary Guard leadership
• Reported failures of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Jet

BRAD THOR, Author of “Code of Conduct” and “Act of War”:

• Brad Thor’s recent thriller “Code of Conduct”
• Seriousness of the vulnerabilities of the U.S. electric grid
• Reestablishing global respect for the U.S. in the 2016 elections

DIANA WEST, nationally syndicated author and columnist:

• Thoughts on the reopening of Cuban embassies in the U.S.
• Historical threat of Cuban infiltrators
• Uncovering the relevance of George Orwell’s lessons today
• Constitutional ramifications of a recent Supreme Court ruling

DAN GORDON, author, screenwriter, and Captain in the Israel Defense Forces (Res.):

• Gordon’s recent record-breaking achievement in the IDF
• A history of Hamas’s elaborate underground tunnel system
• Funding of Hamas by American taxpayers

PART TWO:

• The UN report castigating Israel’s actions during last summer’s conflict in Gaza
• The IDF’s strategy to defend civilians in war zones
• Palestinian push to charge Israel with war crimes
• Israeli feelings towards anti-Semitic actions by the UN

PART THREE:

• What ISIS learned from Hamas' most recent loss in Gaza
• Why is the U.S. more vulnerable to terror-tunnel attacks than Israel?
• The tempting target that San Diego makes, and how ISIS could infiltrate it

PART FOUR:

• Is an ISIS safe-haven in Northern Mexico logistically possible?
• A united Arab coalition against Obama’s Iran policy
• Concerns that the U.S. Congress and Administration have put the world on a path towards nuclear brinkmanship
• Where the current level of unrest in the Middle East compares to the last thousand years

Rep. MIKE POMPEO (KS-4), Member of House Select Committee on Intelligence, and House Select Committee on Benghazi:

• Status of the Iran negotiations one day away from June 30th deadline
• Implications of the recent OPM hack on the US ability to conduct counter intelligence
• Ways Congress can protect this country’s most vulnerable infrastructure
• When will the truth be told about what happened at the U.S. embassy in Benghazi?

GORDON CHANG, Columnist at Forbes.com and blogs at World Affairs Journal:

• Recent meetings between Chinese and American officials in Washington
• Intensified military cooperation in the South China Sea
• Last months Chinese-Russian Naval exercises in the Mediterranean
• The US projecting weakness to China

Rep. BARRY LOUDERMILK (GA-11), Member, House Homeland Security Committee:

• The US addiction to electricity
• Threat of geomagnetic solar storms to the electric grid
• How the Islamic State has had the ability to gain so many foreign fighters

Dr. TEVI TROY, President of the American Health Policy Institute:

• The genesis and characteristics of MERS
• A recent flare-up of the Avian Flu and today’s threats from bioterrorism

Adm. JAMES “ACE" LYONS, former Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet:

• Is Islamic doctrine behind Middle Eastern violence? 
• Shariah adherents in America
• Thoughts on the disastrous Iran deal
• The Chinese threat in the South China Sea

MICHAEL BASTASCH, reporter at The Daily Caller:

• The recent Papal encyclical on climate change
• Will the Pope’s stance on environmental issues lead to an upcoming United Nations mandate?
• The continued trend of UN “global governance” in the climate debate

DOUG BANDOW, Senior Fellow at the CATO Institute and former special assistant to Pres. Reagan:

• Is there an end in sight to the persecution of Christians in the Middle East?
• Similarities between top countries for religious persecution of minorities
• Ideas for forming a united front against jihad
• Problems with the refugee resettlement process

ROBERT C. O’BRIEN, attorney and commentator on national security issues:

• Russian aggression in Eastern Europe
• Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea and the Western Hemisphere
• Today's terror attacks in France, Tunisia, and Kuwait