In the 8 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed:
WMAL GUEST: 8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - RICHARD GOLDBERG - a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, is a former National Security Council official and senior US Senate aide – discussed the Iranian President going down in a fatal helicopter crash RICHARD’S BIO: A leader in efforts to expand U.S. missile defense cooperation with Israel, Richard played a key role in U.S. funding for the Arrow-3 program, Iron Dome and the deployment of an advanced missile defense radar to the Negev Desert. In the Senate, Richard emerged as a leading architect of the toughest sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was the lead Republican negotiator for three rounds of sanctions targeting the Central Bank of Iran, the SWIFT financial messaging service, and entire sectors of the Iranian economy. Richard also drafted and negotiated legislation promoting human rights and democracy in Iran, including sanctions targeting entities that provide the Iranian regime with the tools of repression. His Iran sanctions work was featured in the book The Iran Wars.Iran's hardliner President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crashBiden speaks at Morehouse College commencement: President Joe Biden made an appeal to Black voters on Sunday at the graduation ceremony for Morehouse College, one of the nation's preeminent historically Black colleges.President Biden at NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner in Detroit: President Biden delivers remarks at the annual Freedom Fund Dinner hosted by the NAACP Detroit Branch. President Joe Biden received a lifetime achievement award from the NAACP Detroit branch on Sunday evening. He used the occasion to blast former President Donald Trump and thank Black voters for helping to defeat Trump in 2020.WMAL GUEST: 8:35 AM - INTERVIEW - DR. JAY RICHARDS - - Director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family and the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation – Discuss his new book and his take on the attacks on Harrison Butker's commencement speechAuthor of new book “Fight the Good Fight: How an Alliance of Faith and Reason Can Win the Culture War” https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Good-Alliance-Reason-Culture/dp/1684515521Woke DC mayor takes her 14-strong entourage 2,500 miles on taxpayer-funded 'mission' to LAS VEGAS just weeks after blowing thousands of the public's cash on lavish golf trip... so do YOU think these business trips are justified?Where to find more about WMAL's morning show:
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