Photo, above: Fighting in Ukraine
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Guest Host: Francis Rose, Federal News Radio
Hour One
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: John Herbst, Atlantic Council, former US Ambassador to Ukraine, re: Ukraine crisis - Putin loses Merkel.
 
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 1, Block B: Jon Adler, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, re: Border crisis - morale crashing among border officers.
 
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 1, Block C: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, re: China changing definition of Christianity, persecuting those who practice it.
 
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 1, Block D: Dr. Nora Bensahel, Center for a New American Security, re: Clarity of mission in Iraq: what are we really doing?
 
Hour Two
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 2, Block A: Todd Zinser, Inspector General, Department of Commerce, re: Inspectors General tell Congress: transparency problems in Obama administration.
 
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 2, Block B:  Charles Clark, Government Executive, re: Government scandal roundup.
 
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 2, Block C:  Gene Countryman, host, Gene Countryman Show, re: Politics in middle America; Pompeo rolls over Tiarht; when does insurgent become establishment?
 
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 2, Block D: Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution, re: Jerry Brown’s real political rival isn’t Kashkari - it’s Rick Perry.
 
Hour Three
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 3, Block A: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal, re: Iraq strikes, Obama policy, and where it will go from here.
 
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 3, Block B:  Kissel part 2, re: Congress is gone, scandals continue.
 
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 3, Block C:  Steve Bucci, Heritage Foundation, re: Iraq crisis - geography, why the Yazidis are in danger, and why US moved now instead of earlier.
 
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 3, Block D:  Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View, re: The market is doing what ACA can’t - making health care cheaper and easier to get.
 
Hour Four
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 4, Block A: Michael Vlahos, US Naval War College, re: In war, everything old is new again.
 
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 4, Block B: Vlahos part 2
 
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 4, Block C: Scott Gottlieb, American Enterprise Institute, re: Your smartphone isn’t as smart as it could be, and it’s the government fault.
 
Friday  8 August 2014 / Hour 4, Block D: Bowly/Thaddeus McCotter, re: Michigan election results should be the warning sign for GOP this fall