The Islamic State and the Rise of Religious Persecution Worldwide

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With Rep. Steve Russell, Doug Bandow, Andy McCarthy, Luis Fleischman

Rep. STEVE RUSSELL (OK-5), Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on National Security:

• What the rise of IS shows about the importance of pairing diplomatic, informational, and economic efforts with military success
• Iraqi security forces’ ongoing offensive in Tikrit
• Issues surrounding the stalled AUMF in Congress
• An argument for fixing or abandoning the current agreed framework with Iran

DOUG BANDOW, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute:

• A look at the persecution of Christians and other religious minorities throughout the world
• Uproar over Pope Francis’s use of the term “genocide” to describe the mass slaughter of Armenian Christians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks
• Should the Catholic Church do more to protect Christians living abroad?
• Crafting a refugee resettlement policy that protects the most oppressed but also prioritizes national security

ANDY MCCARTHY, Contributing Editor with National Review Online and former federal prosecutor:

• Can there be any Iran “agreement” with a mutual understanding of duties and obligations?
• Assessing the potential for Congress to serve as a check on unilateral executive actions toward Iran
• Thoughts on Rep. Ted Yoho’s (FL-3) effort to delineate the term “high crimes and misdemeanors”
• Making the case for a Select Committee on Presidential Lawlessness

LUIS FLEISCHMAN, Editor of the Americas Report of the Center for Security Policy’s Menges Hemispheric Security Project:

• President Obama’s plans to end U.S. “imperialistic aggression” in Latin America
• Why removing Cuba as state sponsor of terrorism hides the true nature of the Castro regime
• U.S. sanctions against seven Venezuelan officials for human rights violations met with protests by Brazilian government