Yes-it's that time! Mark your calendar NOW for the Kaufman County Tea Party's 9th annual fundraiser! This year's speakers will be Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy located in Washington, D.C., of which Mr. Gaffney is founder and president, John Guandolo, an expert on Islamic terrorism and founder of UnderstandingtheThreat.com, and State Senator Bob Hall.

Gaffney has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy in the Reagan Administration.

He is a contributor to Newsmax, writing opinion pieces on topics such as politics, terrorism, and international affairs in a column titled "Security Watch."

He has written for distinguished publications such as The Washington Times and Jewish World Review, and appeared on Fox News.

He currently hosts Secure Freedom Radio, a nationally-syndicated radio program, and podcast which has featured guests such as Newt Gingrich and President Trump's current National Security Advisor, John Bolton.

In 2016, the CSP had the great honor of being classified by SPLC as a hate group.

He will be speaking about what we can do to protect America from enemies foreign and domestic which will include Sharia supremism in Texas and elsewhere, & our vulnerable electric grid.

Also speaking will be John Guandolo.

UnderstandingtheThreat.com is an organization dedicated to providing strategic and operational threat-focused consultation, education, and training for federal, state, and local leadership and agencies, and designing strategies at all levels to defeat the jihadi threat.

Guandolo is an expert in the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic doctrine, the global Islamic movement, and terrorist organizations including Hamas & Al Qaeda in the Counterterrorism Division of the FBI's Washington Field Office.

Currently, Mr. Guandolo advises governments - U.S. and others - on matters related to national security, specifically the threat from the global Islamic movement.

Last but not least, State Senator Bob Hall will be speaking. Senator Hall graduated from The Citadel in South Carolina with a degree in Electrical Engineering and received a Regular Commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force. While a cadet, he received numerous awards for leadership.

Upon graduation, Bob began his active duty as a Systems Engineer working to develop the Minuteman Missile System during the Cold War at Norton AFB in California, where he achieved the rank of Captain.

Today, he further distinguishes himself as the State Senator from District 2. As he has all his life, he is fully committed to the United States and Texas Constitutions and advancing equality and liberty for all in this generation, as well as the ones to come.

He will be speaking on our vulnerable electric grid and President Trump's order for a space force.