Sunday morning talk show preview: National security dominates

Discussions on national security look likely to dominate the Sunday morning shows after this week’s news of the federal data breach and the looming June 30 deadline on the Iran nuclear deal.

2016 Republican presidential candidates, announced and likely, are making the rounds as well, with scheduled appearances by New Jersey Gov. Christie, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

Sunday morning show line-up, per Politico:

NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Pre-empted by French Open.

ABC’s “This Week”: Walker, R-Wis.; author, former Joint SPECIAL Operations Commander in Iraq and Yale University’s Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal (“Team of Teams”); political roundtable with Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, CNN political commentator and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., and former Clinton administration Labor Secretary and the University of California at Berkeley’s Robert Reich.

CBS’s “Face the Nation”: Christie, R-N.J.; Democratic New York Mayor Bill de Blasio; Perry, R-Texas; U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas; political roundtable with Slate Magazine’s Jamelle Bouie, CBS News’ Nancy Cordes, National Journal’s Ron Fournier and USA Today’s Susan Page (first broadcast of new host John Dickerson).

Fox News Sunday: Santorum, R-Pa.; U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.; U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; political roundtable with Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume, the New York Times’ Sheryl Gay Stolberg, syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor George Will and Fox News political analyst Juan Williams; “Power Player of the Week” segment with author and former Gov. John Sununu, R-N.H. (“The Quiet Man”).

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