Interview with Pat Buchanan and Rep. Allen West

PATRICK J. BUCHANAN, America’s leading populist conservative, was senior adviser to three American presidents, ran for the Republican nomination in 1992 and 1996, and was the Reform Party’s presidential candidate in 2000. The author of ten other books, Buchanan is a syndicated columnist and founding member of three of America’s foremost public affairs shows, NBC’s The McLaughlin Group and CNN’s The Capitol Gang and Crossfire. He lives in McLean, Virginia

REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN WEST serves Florida's 22nd District. He is a highly decorated military veteran with a more than 20 year career, serving as a commander in Iraq and as an adviser in Afghanistan. He has master's degree in political science at Kansas State University. He also holds a Master of Military Arts and Sciences from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer College in political theory and military history and operations.