Guest: Aaron Clarey, Author of Behind the Housing Crash.

Guest: John Stanoch, President of Qwest, Minnesota.

Chair of the Department of Economics at St. Cloud State University, SCSU Scholars blog, NARN: The Final World Host and Minnesota Free Market Institute Senior Fellow.

Guest: D.J. Tice, Politics and Government Team Leader at the Star Tribune.

Part 1: Jerry Newberry Opens up the National Defense with it's weekly dedication.

Part 2: The National Defense is proud to welcome Bryan Edelstein, executive producer for "America United in Support of Our Troops", a huge entertainment event on Sept. 7th on ABC television.

Part 3: Jerry welcomes his in-studio guest, straight from Fort. Leavenworth, Cpt. Craig Colucci. Jerry and the Captain discuss training programs at Fort Leavenworth that affect our American Armed Forces.

Part 4: The National Defense wraps up, and reminds listeners of Cpt. Craig Colucci's foundation, "Peter's Wish"

Part 1: The National Defense brings you more great interviews from the 109th Annual VFW National Convention in Orlando, FL. Jerry sits down with Sec. James Peake of the V.A.

Part 2: Jerry welcomes Nascar Nationwide Series Driver, Cale Gale back to the program, to talk about racing, and the VFW's involvement with his race team

Part 3: The National Defense welcomes Bob Foster from K-9's for Combat Veterans, a group providing assistance dogs for combat veterans.

Part 4: Jerry wraps up the show by finishing up his interview with Bob Foster of K-9's for Combat Veterans.

Part 1: The National Defense is on location in Orlando at the 109th Annual VFW National Convention. Jerry Newberry opens up this week's show with a one on one interview with Sen. Barack Obama.

Part 2: The National Defense reports from the "Straight Talk Express" with Jerry interviewing Sen. John McCain.

Part 3: Jerry Newberry welcomes Paul Rieckhoff, Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

Part 4: The National Defense if proud to welcome Gen. Peter Pace, US Marine Corp, and former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Part 1: The National Defense is out on location this week at the VFW National Convention in Orlando. This week's show is a look back at some interesting interviews from this summer. This segment is a discussion of what was on the top of most conversations, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and American Vets.

Part 2: The National Defense talks with a guardsman who is now serving in Iraq with his mother in the same unit.

Part 3: A replay of Randy and Jerry celebrating the Army's birthday this summer with a special guest.

Part 4: A look back at a few interviews and audio clips from Jerry's most recent trip to Afghanistan.

Part 1: The crew's all back together as the National Defense opens up with details on the upcoming VFW National Convention in Orlando, Ann Margaret, and Andy Rooney.

Part 2: Jerry and Randy are proud to welcome COO of Con-Way Freight, David Miller, to talk with him about Con-Way's efforts to support our troops.

Part 3: Randy and Jerry go over their hot topics for the week, including the surge in returning war Veterans running for office, Taliban "justice", and an awful story from Michigan, and the mainstream media's anti-Veteran spin.