Rep. Lamar Smith, Joseph Humire, Christian Whiton, and Bill Roggio

Rep. LAMAR SMITH, Chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee

• The Center for Immigration Studies publishes a report on 36,000 criminal aliens released from detention
• Obama's history of ignoring existing immigration laws and attempting to create his own via executive order
• Arguments against the ENLIST Act, which would legalize illegal immigrants who join the US military

JOSEPH HUMIRE, author of Iran's Strategic Penetration of Latin America

• "Dialogue of the deaf" between Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and the Obama administration
• Is Maduro in danger of being overthrown by his own military?

CHRISTIAN WHITON, Principle at DC International Advisory:

• Harsh criticism being received by the Sultan of Brunei from the American political left for imposing shariah law in an attempt to appease political critics
• Problems that have come from Hillary Clinton not designating Boko Haram a terrorist group when Secretary of State
• The troubling lack of oversight in the dealings of the State Department—why was aide Huma Abedin allowed to talk with private clients about topics in her portfolio?
• The delicate combination of force and diplomacy to combat the issue of shariah in Sudan

BILL ROGGIO, Editor of the Long War Journal:

• Status of and problems with the US policy of training and arming "moderate" rebel groups in Syria
• Will those groups pass along US weapons to Al Qaeda?