American Lawmakers Set Sights on Future Security Challenges

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with Rep. Mike Pompeo, Diana West, Rep. Mike Kelly, Jim Hanson

REP. MIKE POMPEO (KS-04), member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:

• Explaining the language towards Guantanamo Bay in a potential National Defense Authorization Act
• ISIS’ threats against the families of U.S. service members
• Why the newly established National Counterintelligence and Security Center hurts the intelligence community
• NSA contributions to counterterrorism efforts

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

• Contrasting the Michael Brown case to that of former Army Ranger Lt. Michael Behenna
• Patterns of the military justice system under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama
• Will permanently closing Guantanamo Bay lead to a resurgence of extremists on the battlefield?
• The President’s response to calls to designate CAIR and the Muslim American Society as Muslim Brotherhood fronts

REP. MIKE KELLY (PA-03), member of the House Committee on Ways and Means:

• America’s role in sustaining free and open internet access for users worldwide
• Prospects for the Defending Internet Freedom Act
• Ways of developing a meaningful policy towards dealing with Ebola and countering infectious diseases

JIM HANSON, former Army Special Operations Technical Weapons Sergeant:

• China’s increasing ability to take down America’s power grid
• Ramifications of the National Defense Authorization Act on the United States military
• How the recent FBI and DHS warning to military personnel and their families will affect the moral of America’s troops
• The upshot of an Ash Carter nomination for Secretary of Defense