With ZUHDI JASSER, KORI SCHAKE, and ANDY MCCARTHY How many nuclear weapons do enemies of the United States have? It is estimated that at the end of the Cold War, the United States’ estimates for Russian nuclear weapons was off by a factor of two. How will the US be able to continue to...
LIbya’s Transitional National Council: “A Motley Crew”
With CLARE LOPEZ, MARK KRIKORIAN, TREY KNIGHT & JIM HANSON As the rebels move closer to overthrowing Qaddafi, it remains to be seen what the Transitional National Council will make of a new Libya. But what is for certain, says Clare Lopez: “these individuals, first of all, are a...
Robert Zarate, Michael Rubin, Rep. Mike Conaway & Bill Gertz
In the never-ending debt ceiling debate, Robert Zarate, Policy Analyst at the Foreign Policy Initiative, joins Frank to discuss what it may mean for our military. As proposed defense cuts have been as high as $1 trillion over 10 years, Zarate calls it a “war of accounting,” in which our...
Sigifredo Gonzalez, Henry Cuellar, Sarah A. Carter
LISTEN HERE: Sigifredo Gonzalez, a sheriff of Zapata county in Texas, confronts the increasingly violent Zetas gang, giving us a boots on the ground perspective. Congressman Henry Cuellar provides a federal perspective on the cartel problem. Sarah Carter, a National Security Correspondent for...
Mark Helpirin
LISTEN HERE: Mark Helpirin, senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, explores the fundamental nature of sharia and the dormant violent nature of Islamist ideology. He warns about the lack of direction in the war in Libya and the increasingly precarious position of American and Israeli...
Peter Pham, Seth Leibsohn, Rep. Buck McKeon & Bill Gertz
LISTEN HERE: Who are these Libyan rebels that we may give weapons to? It’s the question everyone is asking and Peter Pham of the Atlantic Council gives the most detailed answer on the airwaves as well as an update on Sudan and clarity on the Ivory Coast. Seth Leibsohn, co-author of The...
Gal Luft, Roger Noriega, Doug Feith & Sara Carter
LISTEN HERE: Gal Luft discusses the president’s speech on energy security. Next, Roger Noriega from the American Enterprise Institute, analyzes the growing threat from Venezuela as well as the mounting threat from terrorism, arms dealing, China and Russia within the region. Then, Doug Feith...
Victor Davis Hanson & Christian Whiton
LISTEN HERE: Victor Davis Hanson, author of “Makers of Ancient Strategy: From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome,” discusses the president’s address at the national Defense University, along with the administrations engagement with foreign countries as well as America’s enemies....