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JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Co-host: Thaddeus McCotter, WJR, The Great Voice of the Great Lakes
 
Hour One
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 1, Block A: Tom Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor & FDD,  and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal senior editor  & FDD, in re:   US military to actively target Shabaab in Somalia  The Pentagon's desire to actively target Shabaab reflects the growing concern that al Qaeda's branch in East Africa is gaining strength despite the presence of both AMISOM and US forces.
State lists 5 terrorists linked to Islamic State, al Qaeda Anjem Choudary, the British Islamist who is directly linked to Omar Bakri Muhammad, and who has formed several rad . . . (1 of 2)
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 1, Block B: Tom Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor & FDD,  and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal senior editor  & FDD (2 of 2) 
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 1, Block C:  Gordon G. Chang, Daily Beast & Forbes.com, in re: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-northkorea-nuclear-idUKKBN1740SC?utm_ca...
U.S. President Donald Trump held out the possibility on Sunday of using trade as a lever to secure Chinese cooperation against North Korea and said Washington might deal with Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs on its own if need be.
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 1, Block D: Thaddeus McCotter, WJR, The Great Vice of the Great Lakes, in re: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/02/adam-schiff-cant-say-...
- Hoekstra
- discussion of the Democrats’s breaking the story.
- where the story is going is scary and profound:  The government cannot be trusted with surveillance authority.
- This means the FISA/ 702 fight is going to be rough.  http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/former-house-intel-chair-democrats-ig...
 
Hour Two
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 2, Block A:  David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Senior Congressional correspondent; John Fund, NRO, in re:   Schumer Says Gorsuch Won’t Get 60 Votes;  Government Shutdown Looms;  A Train Wreck Presidency ; The Keystone Kops in the White House  (1 of 2)
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 2, Block B: David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Senior Congressional correspondent; John Fund, NRO (2 of 2)
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 2, Block C: Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re:  U.S. Priority in Syria No Longer Focused on Getting Assad Out — Michelle Nichols
U.S. policy on Syria is no longer focused on making President Assad leave power, U.S. ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said on Thursday. "You pick and choose your battles and when we're looking at this...our priority is no longer to sit there and focus on getting Assad out....Do we think he's a hindrance? Yes. Are we going to sit there and focus on getting him out? No....Our priority is to really look at how do we get things done, who do we need to work with to really make a difference for the people in Syria."
    On Wednesday, Haley accused Russia, Iran and the "Assad regime" of committing war crimes. She has also said the U.S. supports the UN-led Syria peace talks, that Syria could no longer be a "safe haven for terrorists," and that it was important "we get Iran and their proxies out."
    A senior Trump administration official said Haley's remarks reflected "a measure of just realism, accepting the facts on the ground....Assad is never going to have sufficient force to reassert control over the whole country....Our focus is on defeating ISIS and al-Qaeda and preventing Syria from being used as a terrorist safe haven."  (Reuters)
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 2, Block D: Indiana Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re:
 
Hour Three
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 3, Block A:   Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal Editorial Board & host of Opinion Journal on WSJ Video; in re:
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 3, Block B:   Eric Trager, Ph.D.; Wagner Fellow, Washington Institute; and author, ARAB FALL: How the Muslim Brotherhood Won and Lost Egypt in 891 Days; in re:
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 3, Block C:   Josh Rogin, Washington Post, in re:
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 3, Block D:  Jed Babbin, American Spectator, in re:
 
Hour Four
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 4, Block A: John Bolton, AEI, in re:
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 4, Block B: Harry Siegel, New York Daily News and the Daily Beast, in re:
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 4, Block C:  Gregory Copley, StrategicStudies director; GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs; & author, UnCivilization, in re:
Monday 20 March 2017 / Hour 4, Block D:   Gregory Copley, StrategicStudies director; GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs; & author, UnCivilization, in re:
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