Nicholas Burns
U.S. Ambassador to China (2021-2025)
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Mike Pompeo
70th Secretary of State (2018-2021), Former Director of the CIA (2017-2018)
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William McRaven
Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (2011-2014) and of U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (2008-2011); Chancellor of the University of Texas System (2015-2018); Bestselling Author
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George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States and Founder of the George W. Bush Presidential Center
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James Stavridis
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
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Condoleezza Rice
66th Secretary of State
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David Petraeus
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
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Tony Blair
Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1997-2007)
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James Mattis
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2017-2018)
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Richard Haass
President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations and Senior Counselor, Centerview Partners
Over $70,000New York
Robert Gates
Transformational Leader; Secretary of Defense (2006-2011); Bestselling Author
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Nikki Haley
Walter P. Stern Chair at the Hudson Institute; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2017-2019); Governor of South Carolina (2011-2017)
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Michael McFaul
U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014); Stanford Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow; Author of McFaul's World on Substack; MS Now Analyst
$25K - $40KCalifornia
Gordon Brown
The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2007-2010) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997-2007)
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John Kirby
Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired); former Pentagon Press Secretary, State Department Spokesman, and White House National Security Communications Advisor
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John Brennan
CIA Director (2013–2017); Senior Intelligence and National Security Analyst at NBC and MS NOW
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Leon Panetta
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2011-2013), Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2009-2011), Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton (1994-1997), Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (1993-1994) and Co-founder and Chairman, Panetta Institute for Public Policy
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Susan Schwab
U.S. Trade Representative (2006-2009)
$25K - $40KMaryland
John Major
Former Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Ted Koppel
Legendary Anchor, ABC News Nightline; Senior Contributor, CBS Sunday Morning Show; Contributing Columnist, Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal
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Chuck Hagel
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2013–2015); U.S. Senator (1997–2009); Co-founder, Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.
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José María Aznar
Prime Minister of Spain (1996-2004)
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Christopher Dodd
U.S. Senator (1981-2011) and Senior Counsel, Arnold and Porter
$40K - $70KDistrict of Columbia
William Cohen
Distinguished Statesman, Secretary of Defense (1997-2001) and CEO, The Cohen Group
$25K - $40KDistrict of Columbia
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