Rep. Luke Messer, Lenny Ben-David, Bill Gertz, Fred Gedrich

Rep. LUKE MESSER, Indiana's 6th District:

• Japan's changing defense policy and the current US-Japanese relationship
• Proposed IPO move to the U.S. Market by Alibaba, a company with known ties to the Chinese government
• Israeli-American relations in light of the escalating violence between Israel and Hamas

LENNY BEN-DAVID, former Deputy Chief of Mission for Israel's embassy in Washington, DC:

• Hamas's decision to order civilians to serve as human shields on houses identified as targets for Israeli air strikes
• Evaluating the wisdom of relinquishing Gaza to the Palestinians
• Questioning the notion that Fatah can be a viable partner for peace
• The prospect for the use of ground forces to neutralize threats to Israel in Gaza

BILL GERTZ, of the Washington Free Beacon and Washington Times:

• Rundown on two new parts to the Chinese military build up: Scramjet technology and a next generation nuclear attack submarine
• Comments made by a US official indicating that the Chinese will be given access to US electric infrastructure
• US policy towards Iraq and the Islamic State

FRED GEDRICH, foreign policy and national security analyst:

• Threats of ballistic missiles to America's homeland security
• The successes and failures of missile defense in the U.S.
• Credible threats of an EMP attack against the U.S.