JAMES JAY CARAFANO, Vice President, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation, Author, "Brutal War," @JJCarafano

• Civil-Military affairs within the U.S. Armed Services have taken a turn for the worst

JOSEPH HUMIRE, Executive Director, Center for a Secure Free Society, former Director of Institute Relations, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, US Marine Corps (retired), @jmhumire

• Joseph Humire: Cuba is a lynchpin for all of the bad actors throughout Latin America

TODD BENSMAN, Senior National Security Fellow, Center for Immigration Studies, former Department of Homeland Security official, Author,  "America's Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the Nation's Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration," @BensmanTodd

• The June 2021 U.S. Customs and Border Patrol numbers are out: 190,000 reported encounters at the U.S. border last month