Rep. Doug Lamborn, Bill Roggio, Rep. Vicky Hartzler, Fred Fleitz

Rep. DOUG LAMBORN (CO-5), member of the House Armed Services Committee:

• Reaction to the House's unanimous passing of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act
• The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel
• The proposed HR-5727 method for protecting U.S. allies with free trade agreements
• The State Department’s push to exclude the Pentagon from a space arms control agreement

BILL ROGGIO, managing editor at “The Long War Journal”:

• The Taliban's resurgence in Helmand province and Kabul in the wake of Afghanistan troop withdrawals
• Implications of recent al-Shabaab attacks in Somalia and Kenya
• The strategic significance of the rise of the Houthis in Yemen
• Credible sources indicating Iran is conducting air strikes on the Islamic State in Iraq
• Extremist training camps for children in Syria?

Rep. VICKY HARTZLER (MO-4), member of the House Armed Services Committee:

• Public concern over national security evidenced in the midterm election results
• The correlation between sequestration and military readiness
• How to reform the budget without weakening the armed forces
• Implications of closing Guantanamo Bay

FRED FLEITZ, former CIA intelligence analyst and Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy:

• Congressional resentment towards the seven month extension of the Iranian nuclear talks
• How far can Iran currently go in building a nuclear weapon?
• Iran's role as an informal member of the the coalition against the Islamic State
• The Director of National Intelligence's decision to merge counterintelligence activities with security