Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Trent Franks, Daniel Sullivan, William Wisner, Diana West, Jim Hanson

2015-03-25

Rep. TRENT FRANKS (AZ-8), Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee:Problems with the disconnect between the military and the civilian electric gridThe Critical Infrastructure Protection Act's proposal to use hardware-based solutions to secure the gridIran's progress towards an eventual EMP capability, thanks to the current nuclear negotiationsWhy sour relations with Israel undermines America’s international credibilityWill P...

Rep. TRENT FRANKS (AZ-8), Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee:

Problems with the disconnect between the military and the civilian electric grid
The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act's proposal to use hardware-based solutions to secure the grid
Iran's progress towards an eventual EMP capability, thanks to the current nuclear negotiations
Why sour relations with Israel undermines America’s international credibility
Will President Obama need further convincing on the National Defense Budget?

DANIEL SULLIVAN, President and Co-Founder of the Sergeant Sullivan Center, and WILLIAM WISNER, leader of the SSC’s Veteran Fellowship for Mission Leadership:

The story of USMC Sgt. Tom Sullivan’s health issues arising from exposure to hazardous environmental material during his combat deployment in Iraq
The Sergeant Sullivan Center's mission of direct advocacy and promotion of private sector research on environmental-deployment injuries
Watching to see if the Department of Veterans Affairs will modify the Veterans Choice Act

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

Circumstances influencing President Obama's decision to keep more troops in Afghanistan
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson’s comments at the Muslim Public Affairs Council
Root crises of transnational progressivism and a unified, global government
Was the post-World War II order heavily shaped by Soviet influence operations?

JIM HANSON, Executive Vice President of the Center for Security Policy, and former Army Special Operations officer:

Political pressures weighing on President Obama's decision to keep 9,800 U.S. forces in Afghanistan through 2015
Predicting the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps's future role in the power vacuum of a post-U.S. occupied Iraq
Could the proxy civil war in Yemen escalate to direct conflict between Saudi and Iranian troops
President Obama's refusal to meet with the NATO General Secretary, despite Vladimir Putin reinstating Novorossiya