
Nicholas Burns
U.S. Ambassador to China (2021-2025)
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U.S. Ambassador to China (2021-2025)

70th Secretary of State (2018-2021), Former Director of the CIA (2017-2018)

16th Supreme Allied Commander, NATO; Partner and Vice Chairman, Carlyle; Chair of the Board of Trustees, The Rockefeller Foundation; New York Times Bestselling Author; Senior Military Analyst, CNN

66th Secretary of State

General, US Army (Ret.); Partner, KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute; Former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan; Former Director of the CIA

Political Analyst and Commentator, CNN

President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former Director of National Intelligence (2021–2025)

President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations and Senior Counselor, Centerview Partners

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 2010-2016; Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, 2023-2024

Transformational Leader; Secretary of Defense (2006-2011); Bestselling Author

Walter P. Stern Chair at the Hudson Institute; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2017-2019); Governor of South Carolina (2011-2017)

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2021-2025)

Founder and Director of Defending Democracy Together; Political Analyst and Network Television Commentator

Senior Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

Co-Founder and CEO, Foundry-Logic; Former Director of the White House National Economic Council

CIA Director (2013–2017); Senior Intelligence and National Security Analyst at NBC and MS NOW

Radio Talk Show Host, The Hugh Hewitt Show; Political Analyst and Contributor, Fox News; Lawyer; Professor; Author

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2007-2011); 28th Chief of Naval Operations (2005-2007)

U.S. Trade Representative (2006-2009)

Acclaimed International Journalist and Host of Amanpour on CNN International

Board of Directors Chairman, USA Basketball; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2011-2015)

Secretary General of NATO (2009-2014) and Prime Minister of Denmark (2001-2009); Founder & Chairman, Rasmussen Global

Legendary Anchor, ABC News Nightline; Senior Contributor, CBS Sunday Morning Show; Contributing Columnist, Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2013–2015); U.S. Senator (1997–2009); Co-founder, Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.
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