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2018
Jon Meacham, Author, Historian
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2018
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Author, Historian
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2018
Joseph J. Ellis, Author, Historian
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2017
Colin Powell, Four Star General in the U.S. Army, U.S. Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Security Advisor
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2016
David Brooks, Political and social analyst
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2016
Thomas Friedman, Author and columnist
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2016
Ana Navarro, Political strategist and commentator
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2015
Robert Gates, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and Director of the C.I.A
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2015
Leon Panetta, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and Director of the C.I.A.
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2014
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States and Founder of the George W. Bush Foundation
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2013
Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1997 – 2007)
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2013 & 2014
David Gergen, Professor of Public Service and Co-Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and senior political analyst for CNN
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2012
Bill Clinton, Founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States
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2011
Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor
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2010
James Bradley, New York Times Bestselling Author
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2009
Michael Beschloss, Author & Presidential Historian
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2008
Walter Isaacson, CEO of the Aspen Institute & Biographer
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2007
John Irving, Academy Award & National Book Award-winning novelist |
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2006
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author & Historian |
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2005
Dr. Ronan Tynan, Irish Tenor & Champion Disabled Athlete |
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2004
Wendy Wasserstein, Pulitzer Prize & Tony Award-winning playwright |
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2002 & 2003
David McCollough, Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Author and Historian |