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 QUESTION OF THE DAY: When Dan talked about the worst day of his life.  Why was “being nothing” such a good thing?

HINT: Watch Brian’s interview with Dan Lauria to find out the answer!]

The first person to email the correct answer to kilmeadeandfriends@foxnews.com will win a personalized, signed copy of Brian’s book, George Washington’s Secret Six!

HOUR 1

Former Congressman Col. Allen West joined Brian Kilmeade for his weekly hit on Kilmeade and Friends and sounded off on military pensions getting cut. West also reacted to Rep. Paul Ryan saying these changes were appropriate.  West’s response:

 There are some very choice words that I could deliver but I will wait until I see him in person…In other words, what Paul Ryan is saying ‘screw you for still being healthy and able to go out and live a productive life’…so again, this is someone who has never served in the military. This is someone who does not understand what it means to kiss your wife and your children goodbye and maybe that is the last time you will ever see them. Or someone who has returned from the battlefield with a loss of limb because this does include those who have been retired for medical disabilities. And for Paul Ryan to say that, I can tell you right now, there is no way he could seek to be Commander and Chief of the United States Military!

Listen to Col Allen West here

FOX’s Mike Emanuel  called in and gave Brian the latest happenings on the Ryan-Murray budget deal.

HOUR 2

Former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton sat down with Brian and talked about everything from the Ryan-Murray budget to the Obama Administration’s foreign policy.  On the Ryan-Murray budget deal, Bolton said while he is against cutting military benefits he would have voted for the deal. On foreign affairs, Bolton thinks the Obama Administration’s foreign policy is just a catastrophe.

Christmas is around the corner and who better to stop by the studio than Dan Lauria, one of the stars of A Christmas Story: The Musical. 
Dan spoke spoke about some of his mentors who recently passed, Jack Klugman and Charles Durning. When the discussion turned to politics Dan Lauria, who is a Vietnam Vet, voiced his displeasure at military benefits being cut in the Ryan-Murray budget.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: When Dan talked about the worst day of his life.  Why was “being nothing” such a good thing? 

The first person to email the correct answer to kilmeadeandfriends@foxnews.com will win a personalized, signed copy of Brian’s book, George Washington’s Secret Six!

Watch Brian’s Full interview with Actor Dan Lauria below

HOUR 3

Glenn Kessler, the Washington Posts Fact Checker, joined Brian and talked about the Biggest Pinocchios of 2013.  So what was the biggest Pinocchio of 2013?  President Obama’s pledge that “if you like your health care plan you can keep it.”

Doug Wead, historian and former special assistant to President George H.W. Bush, joined Brian and reminded his listeners that in 1990 Nelson Mandela was invited to the White House by President George H.W Bush and stood by Mandela’s side on a stage on the South Lawn. Doug and Brian also spoke about President Obama’s second term problems, such as Obamacare and the media’s role supporting in Obama’s agenda.