World

• Strikes in Syria Will not Diminish Chemical Weapon Capabilities - Bassam Haddad Questions the Purpose of Strikes in Syria

  

  Bassam Haddad is Director of the Middle East Studies Program and an Associate Professor with the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University. Haddad is author of Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience and co-editor of The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings: End of an Old Order?

• ARNN talks to Travis Waldron about the Growing Protests Fueled by the Russian-Hosted Winter Olympics and Russia's LGBT Laws

  

   Travis Waldron is a reporter for ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

• Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Lawrence Korb Warns Against Closure of US Embassies in Middle East

  

  Korb tells Anchor Lori Lundin that more US embassy closings would signal “Al Qaeda wins”    Washington, D.C. – America’s Radio News Network interviewed Lawrence Korb, who is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. He shares insights from his experience as former Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Reagan from 1981 to 1985.

• Tulin Daloglu Joins us to Discuss the Growing Protests in Turkey and What Touched Them Off

  

  Tulin Daloglu is a columnist for Al-Monitor's Turkey Pulse. In the 2002 general election, Daloglu ran for a seat in the Turkish parliament as a member of the New Turkey Party.

• University of Paris Frank Romano Joins us to Discuss National Security

  

  Frank Romano teaches law, literature, history and philosophy of law at the University of Paris Oueste and practices law in France and in the United States. He is the author of LOVE AND TERROR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

• Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Vice-President Danielle Pletka Joins us to Discuss the Latest on the Situation in Syria

  

  Danielle Pletka, vice president of foreign and defense policy studies at the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI), is a long-standing advocate of militaristic U.S. foreign and defense policies.

• Author and Peace Activist Frank Romano Joins to Discuss what America should do about the Possible Chemical Weapons in Syria

  

  Frank Romano earned a PhD at University of Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne, and an advanced degree at Golden Gate University, San Francisco. At present, he teaches law, literature, history and philosophy of law at the University of Paris Ouest.

• Bruce Klingner Joins ARNN to Discuss Whether or not North Korea is a Real Threat.

  

  Bruce Klingner is the Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia at The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center. Klingner joined Heritage in 2007 after 20 years in the intelligence community working at the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency.

• Dr. Corné Bekker of Regent University joins ARNN to Discuss the Selection of the new Pope.

  

  Dr. Corné Bekker joined Regent University in 2005. He previously served as the associate dean for academics of Rhema Bible College in Johannesburg, South Africa and now as professor of Biblical and ecclesial leadership for the School of Business & Leadership. He talks about the selection of Pope Francis.

• Argentine Jorge Bergoglio was Elected Pope Wednesday and Chose the Papal Name Francis

  

  Coverage of the new Pope as he addresses the crowd. A stunned-looking Bergoglio shyly waved to the crowd of tens of thousands of people who gathered in St. Peter's Square, marveling that the cardinals had had to look to "the end of the earth" to find a bishop of Rome.

• Gustavo Coronel Expects One of Two Scenarios in Venezuela After the Death of Hugo Chavez - Elections or Coup d'état

  

  Gustavo Coronel, is a petroleum geologist who was elected to the Venezuelan Congress in 1998 before it was dissolved in 1999 following the election of Hugo Chavez as president. Coronel is currently designated as an "enemy" of the former Chavez regime.

• The Pope Begins his Retirement and Michael Warsaw Joins ARNN to talk about The Pope and his Legacy

  

  Michael P. Warsaw is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. (EWTN), the world's largest religious media network. 'The Pope will be most remembered as a clear teacher and an intellect.'

• National Security Adviser Scott Bates on Implications of North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Test

  

  National Security Adviser Scott Bates, President of the Center for National Policy, talks with America's Radio News about North Korea's nuclear weapons test and the threat North Korea poses to it's regional neighbors as well as the threat to the west coast of the United States.

• Author, Lawyer and Peace Activist Frank Romano Analyzes Iranian and Egyptian Alliance

  

  Frank Romano, lawyer and Middle East peace activist spoke with ARNN anchors Rachel Sutherland and Lori Lundin about the developing alliance between Iran and Egypt, prospects for peace and President Obama’s trip to Israel.

• Congressman Trey Radel (R-FL) On Benghazi Hearings and Embassy Security

  

  Congressman Trey Radel (R-FL) speaks with ARNN anchor Lori Lundin about the Benghazi tragedy and hearings on Capitol Hill about embassy security. "What we need to do now is to make sure somebody is held accountable, which quite frankly we have not seen yet." Radel tells America's Radio News.

• Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky Joined us to discuss Immigration, Benghazi, Senator Kerry, and other politics of the day

  

  Dr. Rand Paul is the junior United States Senator for Kentucky. Elected in 2010, he has proven to be an outspoken champion for constitutional liberties and fiscal responsibility, and a warrior against government overreach. Among his first legislative proposals: cutting $500 billion in federal spending and a plan to balance the federal budget in just five years

• Fire Chief Frank Sylvester On the Need For Nightclub Fire Safety Precautions

  

  Frank Sylvester is the Lime Rock Fire Chief right outside of Providence, RI, and a member of the Rhode Island Fire Code Safety Code Board of Appeal and Review. He joins America's Radio News to discuss the tragic nightclub fire in Brazil and its parallels to The Station fire from a decade ago. Frank was deeply involved in solving the problems that led to that Nightclub fire in Providence, RI.

• Attorney Representing Family of Marine Held in Mexican Jail Discusses Case With ARNN

  

  Attorney Eddie Varon-Levy, the attorney representing the Hammar Family whose Marine son is currently being held, threatened, and possibly abused in a Mexican Jail, joined Rick Roberts and Rachel Sutherland on America's Radio News Network. Varon-Levy discusses Jon Hammar Jr's condition and chances of getting out of Mexico. Hammar's father received an extortion call in which his son said "They're serious, Dad. I'll pay you back; they are going to kill me."

• 'Absolute International Insanity' - Is What Fmr. Chief of U.S. Central Command's Intelligence Red Team Calls Obama's Official Recognition of Syrian Opposition Coalition

  

  The former Chief of U.S. Central Command's Intelligence Red Team Frank Wuco called President Obama's recognition of Syrian opposition groups "absolute international insanity." Speaking with America's Radio News, Frank Wuco says the Syrian opposition coalition, which Barak Obama has thrown his support behind is the same group "that claimed responsibility for the torturing and killing of an orthodox priest in October."

• Elizabeth Arrott, Cairo Bureau chief with Voice of America Reports from Cairo, Egypt

  

  'The upheaval that we are seeing now, once again, in the streets of Cairo and of other cities indicates that dialogue is urgently needed, and it needs to be a two-way dialogue, not one side talking at another side'. Elizabeth Arrott reports on the latest events surrounding the Egyptian situation.