COMING UP ON “MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD” 9/21/14: ADM. MULLEN, SENS. JOHNSON & MURPHY ON ISIS STRATEGY; NORQUIST & FRANK ON TAX CUTS
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THE ISIS THREAT: What does the United States need to do in order to “degrade and destroy” ISIS? Plus does the back and forth this week between the White House and the President’s top general show that the military and the administration are not on the same page?
Adm. Michael Mullen Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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ON ALERT: What is the likelihood of ISIS planning an attack on the U.S. homeland? And what is the government doing to prepare?
Vali Nasr Dean, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Author, “The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat”
Michael Leiter NBC News National Security Analyst Former Director, U.S. National Counterterrorism Center
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THE TAX DEBATE: Is there any link between cutting taxes and growing the economy? We’ll examine why the outcome of the governor’s race in Kansas will have huge implications on the future of the tax debate in the United States.
Grover Norquist President, Americans for Tax Reform
Thomas Frank Author, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”
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POLITICAL PANEL:
John Stanton Washington Bureau Chief, BuzzFeed
Amy Walter National Editor, The Cook Political Report
Ramesh Ponnuru Senior Editor, National Review
Neera Tanden President, Center for American Progress
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