Adm. James ”Ace” Lyons

Adm. James “Ace” Lyons (Ret.), former Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet:

PART ONE

• President Obama’s goal of fundamentally transforming America’s role in the world
• Is there a global jihadist movement taking place?
• Implications of the failure of U.S. leadership to understand the coherent ideology of radical Islam

PART TWO:

• The Benghazi Citizen’s Committee investigation
• A controversial transfer of jurisdiction to the State Department following the murder of Amb. Chris Stevens
• Political interests and the release of a House Intelligence report on Benghazi
• The UAE's designation of CAIR and the Muslim-American Society as terrorist groups

PART THREE

• Why China is a growing military adversary to the United States
• The Admiral’s take on Putin and Russian aggression in Europe
• America’s relationship with Iran, the status of the nuclear program talks, and Obama’s secret letter to Tehran

PART FOUR

• The shrinking U.S. Navy and Army
• Modernization and the pursuit of advanced capabilities by such adversarial nations as China, Russia, and Iran
• How sequestration and Obama Administration-sponsored social experiments are hampering U.S. military readiness