SAM FADDIS, former Clandestine Operations Officer, CIA, former Congressional Candidate, Editor, ANDMagazine.com, Author, “Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA,” @RealSamFaddis

• Sam Faddis talks about the Haqqani network in Afghanistan and its connections to the Taliban

GORDON CHANG, Contributor, Gatestone Institute, Newsweek, Author, “The Coming Collapse of China,” “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes the World, “Losing South Korea,” and “The Great US-China Tech War,” @Gordongchang

• Two themes that China is perpetuating today: America’s allies can no longer rely on the U.S. for protection and that the Chinese army can easily defeat the Taliban

BILL WALTON, Chairman, Resolute Protector Foundation, Host, The Bill Walton Show, Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth, Poverty and Morality, @billwaltonshow

• Bill Walton: Chairman Xi Jinping is not only signaling that Chinese businesses need to invest in things, like the military, that are good for China but he’s also beginning to supposedly crackdown on income inequality to promote “common prosperity”