{"id":6606,"date":"2013-10-10T13:05:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T20:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=6606"},"modified":"2013-10-10T13:05:32","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T20:05:32","slug":"bruce-thornton-on-secure-freedom-radio-with-frank-gaffney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/bruce-thornton-on-secure-freedom-radio-with-frank-gaffney\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Thornton on Secure Freedom Radio with Frank Gaffney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seth Jones, Bruce Thornton, Peter Pham, Diana West<\/h2>\n

October 9th, 2013\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0Comments<\/a><\/h4>\n
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SETH JONES, Associate Director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation, joins guest host DAN BONGINO, to help explain the terror threat from and historical background of the terrorist organization al-Shabaab.<\/p>\n

BRUCE THORNTON, a research fellow at the Hoover Institute, talks about the loss of the “warrior” mentality in the U.S.
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\nPETER PHAM, of the Atlantic Council, discusses Somalia and terrorism in Africa in the context of American national security.<\/p>\n

DIANA WEST, author of “Death of the Grown Up,” delves deeper into the government shutdown and explains why she believes the Obama administration is putting on a show by shutting out veterans from memorials and denying death benefits to the families of fallen soldiers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seth Jones, Bruce Thornton, Peter Pham, Diana West October 9th, 2013\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0Comments SETH JONES, Associate Director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation, joins guest host DAN BONGINO, to help explain the terror threat from and historical background of the terrorist organization al-Shabaab. 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