American AM, 03/24/08, Hour 2

Henry and CJ discuss the question if BP and the administration are cooperating on an information black out on the Gulf oil gusher. Plus, looking at Tuesday's primary election results.

Henry CJ and callers discuss the Rand Paul victory and implosion. Does he really believe business owners can discriminate based on race?

Henry and callers discuss tha Republican Convention coming to Tampa, Senate Candidate Kendrick Meek's bad week, the Gulf of Mexico oil gusher and Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.

Guest: Mike Wright, Health, Safety and Environment Director, United Steel Workers, www.usw.org

Guest: Guest: Bud Chiles, Lawton Chiles Foundation , http://www.lawtonchiles.org/ , www.worsttofirst.org , discusses his recent trip to Haiti. Guest: Atty. Scott R. Bickford http://mbfirm.com/ , Martzell & Bickford Law Firm, is representing the family of one of the deceased Horion oil rig workers as well as one of the surviving crew members. Scott Bickford is a trial attorney who for over 25 years has represented the rights of injured workers and their families in environmental cases. He has represented hundreds of individuals exposed to asbestos, welding fumes, and other toxic substances. As part of this representation, he has successfully tried numerous cases involving different asbestos illnesses, participated on national panels involving asbestos litigation problems, and has lectured extensively on asbestos trial practice to other attorneys. Mr. Bickford served as a member of the Asbestos Claimants' Committee in the Babcock and Wilcox Bankruptcy. In addition to his asbestos practice, Mr. Bickford represents various governmental and private landowners in environmental land damage cases. He has litigated oil and gas royalty disputes, commercial oil and gas disputes and criminal matters including mail fraud, drug possession, money laundering and homicide. While a member of the firm he has also litigated medical malpractice cases and maritime personal injury cases. Mr. Bickford has represented clients before the federal appellate courts, as well as several elected officials in both local and national election contests. In 1996, he represented U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu in an election contest before the United States Senate. He has also served as a court appoint special mater in attorney fee litigation disputes and has served as an expert witness in attorney fee arbitration

The inteview with Atty. Scott Bickford, representing family and survivors of the Horizon oil rig disaster, continues. Guest: Matt Bruce, host of The Captain's America and Troop Talk http://thecaptainsamerica.com , discusses his research on the Horizon oil rig explosion and how government protocols have been ignored for years.

Guest: Lt. General Robert G. Gard, Jr., U.S. Army-retired, Chairman, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Lt. General Robert G. Gard, Jr. is Chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation http://www.armscontrolcenter.org where his policy work focuses on nuclear nonproliferation, missile defense, Iraq , Iran , military policy, nuclear terrorism, and other national security issues. During his military career, Gard saw combat in both the Korea and Vietnam wars, and served a three year tour in Germany . He also served as Executive Assistant to two secretaries of defense; the first Director of Human Resources Development for the U.S. Army; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; and President of National Defense University (NDU). After retiring from the U.S. Army in 1981, after 31 years of distinguished service, Gard served for five years as director of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Center in Bologna, Italy, and then as President of the Monterey Institute of International Studies from 1987-98. Since 1998, he has been an active consultant in Washington , D.C. , on national security issues. Gard has written for well-known journals and periodicals that focus on military and international affairs and lectured widely at U.S. and international universities and academic conferences. He serves on the board of eight non-profit organizations and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Gard holds a B.A. from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and both an M.P.A. and Ph.D in Political Economy & Government from Harvard University . He can discuss the new START agreement, Obama’s Global Nuclear Summit in D.C. April 12-13, threat reduction and keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists, role of the U.S. in non-proliferation efforts.

Henry. Jim Delgado and callers discuss Glenn Beck's plan from God and talk radio with callers.

Henry and guest co-host Jim Delgado discuss Charlie Crist with callers.

Guest: Rep. Kendrick Meek,Democratic Candidate, US Senate, http://www.kendrickmeek.com