National Security Speakers

43rd President of the United States and Founder of the George W. Bush Presidential Center

66th Secretary of State

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); Best-selling Author

U.S. Ambassador to the UN (2017-2019); Governor of South Carolina (2011-2017)

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2017-2018).

16th Supreme Allied Commander, NATO; Vice Chair, Global Affairs and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group; New York Times Bestselling Author

Editor in Chief and Co-Founder, Recount Media; Creator and Host, The Circus on Showtime; National Affairs Analyst, NBC News and MSNBC; Co-Author, New York Times Best Sellers Game Change and Double Down

CEO/Editor, The Dispatch; NBC News Contributor and Author

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

President, BR McCaffrey Associates, LLC

Senior Political Analyst, CNN

Emmy Award Winning Journalist; National Political Reporter, Axios

Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (2013–2017)

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

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

President, Council on Foreign Relations

Director, CIA (2011-2012); Commander of U.S. and International Security Assistance Forces-Afghanistan (2010-2011); Partner, KKR

U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014); Stanford Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow; Washington Post Columnist; NBC News Analyst

Political Analyst and Commentator, CNN

CIA Director (1997-2004)

U.S. Senator (2007-2018)

White House Chief of Staff (2001-2006)

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

Governor of Florida (1999-2007)