Tonight on PoliticKING: Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Jack Rice, Author Irin Carmon

President Obama says the U.S. will destroy the Islamic State, but critics slam his Oval Office address for being long on promises & short on details. Larry gets perspective from a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee & a former CIA officer.

Loretta L. Sánchez  is the U.S. Representative for California's 46th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1997. Sanchez has represented California's 47th congressional district from 2003 to 2013 and the 46th district from 1997 to 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and a member of the Blue Dog Coalition. The district lies in central Orange County.

Jack Rice is an international known attorney, former CIA officer, journalist and media analyst.As a lawyer, Jack practices exclusively in the areas of criminal defense and DWI/DUI defense.He is unique across Minnesota and the U.S. as the only criminal defense attorney who is also a former Central Intelligence Agency Officer as well as a former prosecuting attorney. Jack's extensive experience, aggressiveness and passion speak for themselves and he is most proud of his reputation as a fighter for the rights of his clients. He has a international reputation and can be seen frequently on MSNBC, Al Jazeera, CNN, and other networks across the country.He is also a member of theNational Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Irin Carmon is an Israeli-American journalist and commentator. She is a national reporter at MSNBC, covering women, politics, and culture for the website and on air. She is a Visiting Fellow in the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice at Yale Law School.

In 2011, she was named one of Forbes' "30 under 30"in media and featured in New York Magazine as a face of young feminism.  She received the November 2011 Sidney award from The Sidney Hillman Foundation recognizing her reporting on the Mississippi Personhood Initiative for Salon.   Mediaite named her among four in its award for Best TV pundit of 2014.

She is co-author of "Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg".


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