Rep. Pete Hoekstra, Micah Halpern, John White, Eric Blehm

Rep. PETE HOEKSTRA, former U.S. Congressman (MI-2) and Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee:

• How the Garland, Texas "Draw Mohammed" event was an exercise in free speech
• Is there a new double standard for the freedom of expression?
• Why is Iran's seizure of ships having no bearing on the President's desperation for an Iran deal?
• Defending a reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act

MICAH HALPERN, author of “Thugs: How History’s Most Notorious Despots Transformed the World through Terror, Tyranny, and Mass Murder”:

• The flawed U.S. negotiating position on the Iran deal and and ambiguities in the details
• Tehran’s goal to gain control over a large amount of the world’s oil through piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Straight of Hormuz
• Last month's Iranian cyber attack against the Turkish electrical grid
• Questions surrounding the current leadership and direction of the Islamic State

JOHN WHITE, founder and current Chair of the North Texas Radiation Response Group and Radiation Safety Officer for the VA North Texas Health Care System:

• Why radiation is dangerous to the electric grid
• Highlighting the vulnerabilities of modern technology's reliance on electricity
• Simple steps to harden the electric grid and everyday electronics
• The significance of NORAD moving communications gear back to Cheyenne Mountain

ERIC BLEHM, New York Times bestseller author, and author of “Legend: A Harrowing Story from the Vietnam War of One Green Beret’s Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines”

• Army special forces Staff Sergeant and Congressional Medal of Honor awardee Roy Benavidez’s tale of bravery in Cambodia
• Looking at Benavidez’s mission as a microcosm of the Vietnam War
• What to consider as the American military drawdown continues in Afghanistan
• Benefits today’s servicemen and women enjoy at the expense of lessons learned when Vietnam vets returned home