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Thursday, March 12, 2020

Our host today is Dr. Merrill (Buddy) Matthews. He will first welcome James Dickey, Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. Buddy’s next guests join him in-studio. They are John McGee and Michael & Jan Nathanson. They’ll share about Re|Engage, a ministry to enrich marriages. Buddy’s final guest is Victor Avila, a former ICE Special Agent. Victor brings us the latest on his ongoing fight to bring justice to his murdered partner and advocate for border security, immigration reform, human trafficking awareness and the protection of our sovereignty.

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Dr. Merrill Matthews
Resident Scholar - Institute for Policy Innovation

Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.com. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Dr. Matthews is a past president of the Health Economics Roundtable forRead More

Guests
James Dickey Show Page
James Dickey
Chairman - Republican Party of Texas
James Dickey has served as Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas since June 2017, after three years as Chairman of the Travis County Republican Party. He is on the board of a specialty insurance firm, a husband to his wife Lynda for 31 years, and a father to his three children.
John McGee show page
John McGee, ThM
Sr. Director of Watermark Resources @ Watermark Community Church - Co-creator of Re|Engage
John McGee is the Sr. Director of Watermark Resources at Watermark Community Church in Dallas Texas. He is also the co-creator of re|engage – a church based marriage enrichment program. John and his wife Pam have 4 kids and they have seen a baseball game in every MLB stadium. John holds a THM from Dallas Theological Seminary.
Re|engage logo
MARRIAGE STORIES
Marriages in any condition can benefit, whether you are struggling to get along, your marriage is broken, or you simply want to grow closer together as a couple. These are some stories of hope.
Michael Nathanson
Michael Nathanson
Husband | Writer | Marriage Minister - Cries of the Eagle
Michael and Jan Nathanson have been married 32 years. Michael is a writer, working on the soon to be completed sequel to his first published geo-political suspense-thriller novel, “Cries of the Eagle.”

Michael and Jan have attended Denton Bible Church for 20 years and have served in the marriage ministry for 16 years. They were part of the original DBC team trained by Watermark Church to serve in ReEngage and they are still active in the ReEngage marriage ministry at DBC, 5 years after the ministry was implemented. They believe that ReEngage is a wonderful marriage enrichment opportunity for married couples of any age or length of marriage. They have seen the positive impact ReEngage has had on many marriages.
Jan Nathanson Show Page
Jan Nathanson
Wife | Business Woman | Marriage Minister - Head of Imagination Branding
Michael and Jan Nathanson have been married 32 years. Jan heads a long-established marketing company, Imagination Branding (imaginationbranding.com).

Michael and Jan have attended Denton Bible Church for 20 years and have served in the marriage ministry for 16 years. They were part of the original DBC team trained by Watermark Church to serve in ReEngage; and they are still active in the ReEngage marriage ministry at DBC, 5 years after the ministry was implemented. They believe that ReEngage is a wonderful marriage enrichment opportunity for married couples of any age or length of marriage. They have seen the positive impact ReEngage has had on many marriages.
Victor Avila Show Page
Victor Avila
Special Agent, ICE (Ret) - Advocate | Border Security, Immigration Reform, and more
Mr. Victor Avila is a retired Supervisory Special Agent with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Mr. Avila has been recognized by ICE and HSI for his exemplary service and professional accomplishments while serving as Special Agent at the El Paso Field Office and as an Assistant Attaché assigned to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez and U.S. Embassies located in Spain, Portugal, and Mexico City. Mr. Avila served as an accredited diplomat and liaison to the aforementioned governments conducting international complex criminal investigations in a wide range of violations such as narcotics trafficking, arms trafficking, human trafficking/smuggling, financial violations, commercial fraud and counter terrorism.
While on official assignment in Mexico, Special Agent Avila suffered multiple gunshot wounds and survived a violent ambush by the Mexican Los Zetas drug cartel where Special Agent Jaime Zapata tragically lost his life.
Mr. Avila began his very successful law enforcement career as as a United States Probation Officer for the U.S. Courts and as a District Parole Officer for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas at El Paso while focusing on the identity among Hispanic-Americans along the border.
Today, he serves to honor the memory and the dedicated service of SA Jaime Zapata. Mr. Avila is an advocate for border security, immigration reform, human trafficking awareness and the protection of our sovereignty.
Victor Avila on Fox News (screen shot)
Push for Legislative Change
Push for legislative change after ICE agent's murder abroad is not recognized by US as crime (Video) Mar. 08, 2020 - 4:12 - Retired ICE agent Victor Avila, whose partner was murdered by a drug cartel in Mexico, and Larry Cosme, national president for the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, have the latest.
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