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PunditFact previews the Feb. 22 news shows

By Jon Greenberg
February 20, 2015

Every Friday, PunditFact gives you the first look at guests on the Sunday news shows. On Sunday, we see if what they said is true. You can read how they fared here or weekly in the Daily Beast.

Fox News Sunday (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guests: Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, and former CIA director Michael Hayden.

High on the agenda: Can a deal be struck on Homeland Security funding? What are the outlines of an effective strategy against the Islamic State group?

The pundit panel: George Will, Kirsten Powers, Kimberley Strassel and Peter Baker.

CBS Face the Nation (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guests: Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

High on the agenda: Funding Homeland Security and confronting Islamic extremism.

The pundit panel: Farah Pandith, Danielle Pletka, Michelle Flournoy and David Ignatius.

CNN State of the Union (9 a.m. EST)

Big guests: Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge.

High on the agenda: Protecting America on the homefront: the politics and the strategy. Also, a conversation with Republican Ohio Governor John Kasich.

ABC This Week (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guests: Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, and Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

High on the agenda: Funding Homeland Security, violent extremism and the 2016 race for president.

The pundit panel: Keith Ellison, Amy Chozick, Bill Kristol, Joe Klein.

NBC  Meet the Press (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guest: Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.

High on the agenda: The nearing deadline on Homeland Security funding, and turning back violent extremism.

The pundit panel: Robert Gibbs, Michael Gerson, Nia-Malika Henderson and Amy Walter.

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