Ron Johnson, Jim Banks, Mike Pompeo, Steve Folmar
September 1, 2021
On today's show:
- Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin and member of the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs and the Foreign Relations Committees, discusses his letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting information about an alleged incident at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul involving a U.S. military official preventing American citizens and Afghan allies from evacuating Afghanistan.
- Jim Banks, U.S. Representative for the 3rd district of Indiana and Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, talks about Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee offering amendments to the defense spending bill to prevent U.S. funding and recognition of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
- Mike Pompeo, former United States Secretary of State, shares his thoughts on how the Biden administration has handled the withdrawal and evacuation efforts out of Afghanistan.
- Steve Folmar, Pastor of First Baptist Church in Houma, Louisiana, talks about hurricane relief efforts across Louisiana.
Episode Resources:
- Support Hurricane Ida relief efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi.
- Read the Washington Times op-ed by Tony Perkins and Travis Weber about the sobering religious freedom lesson of Afghanistan.
- Learn more about what the Taliban takeover means for Afghan believers.
- Join us in prayer for the people of Afghanistan.
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