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Dr. Agatston
Inventor of the South Beach Diet, and national and number one New York Times bestselling author. |
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Madeleine Albright
First woman Secretary of State |
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Lord Archer
One of the world's bestselling authors. Has sold over 120 million books. |
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John Ashcroft
Former Attorney General, Governor, and Senator |
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H.E. Ambassador Danny Ayalon
Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister and former Ambassador to the U.S. |
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Alec Baldwin
Academy Award and Tony Award Nominee |
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Richard Belzer
Comedian, and Star of Law & Order
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Shlomo Ben-Ami,
Former Foreign Minister of Israel |
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Dr. Sali Ram Berisha
Prime Minister of Albania |
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Sandra Bernhard
Film, theater, television and comedy star |
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Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
Late Prime Minister of Pakistan, and first woman ever to lead a modern Islamic nation |
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Brenda Blethyn
Two-time Academy Award nominee |
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Senator Bill Bradley
Former NBA star, Olympic Gold medalist, and former presidential candidate |
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Tina Brown
Former editor of the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Talk, and Tatler magazines |
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Ken Burns
Legendary documentary filmaker of the Civil War, Jazz, and Baseball. Received three Emmy awards and was nominated for two Academy awards. |
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Duane "Dog" Chapman
One of the most famous bounty hunters in the world |
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Deepak Chopra
One of the World's greatest leaders in the field of mind body medicine |
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Tom Clancy
Bestselling author |
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Carol Higgins Clark
New York Times bestselling author |
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Mary Higgins Clark
America's # 1 bestselling suspense writer |
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General Wesley Clark
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander who led the war to liberate Kosovo |
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Max Cleland
Secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission. Former U.S. Senator, disabled US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, and decorated war hero |
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William S. Cohen
Former Secretary of Defense |
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Jackie Collins
Bestselling author. Has sold over 400 million books |
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Alan Colmes
Prominent broadcast entertainer
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Alan Cumming
Tony award winner, and star of X-Men, Goldeneye, Emma, Eyes Wide Shut, Circle of Friends |
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Lee Daniels
Producer of the Oscar Award Winner Monster's Ball |
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Lanny Davis
Special Counsel to President Clinton |
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General Pete Dawkins
Heisman Trophy Winner and Former Vice-Chairman of Citigroup Private Bank |
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John Dean
Former White House Counsel |
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Debate 4-14-09
Hudson Union Society vs. Yale Political Union "This House believes that Wal-Mart is good for America" |
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Debate 9-9-08
Hudson Union Society vs. Oxford Union "This House Believes that the U.N. is Irrelevant" |
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Debate 11-13-07
Hudson Union Society vs. Cambridge NYC "This House believes that the Internet is the greatest force of Democratization in the World" |
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Debate 11-18-06
Hudson Union Society vs. Cambridge NYC "This House supports no restrictions on immigration to the United States" |
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Debate 11-9-05
Hudson Union Society vs. Cambridge NYC "This House believes that members of the press should be given the privilege to protect the identity of their sources if requested by them to do so"
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Debate 4-14-03
Hudson Union Society vs. Oxford Union Debate "This House Regrets America's Role As World Policeman"
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Tom Delay
Former Majority Leader of the House of Representatives |
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Brian Dennehy
Tony and Emmy award winner
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Lou Dobbs
Host of Lou Dobbs Tonight |
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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Oscar Award Winner for Lives of the Others |
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Richard Dreyfuss
Academy award winner for Best Actor |
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Susie Essman
A star of Curb Enthusiasm |
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Joe Eszterhas
Hollywood's notorious screenwriter (Basic Instict) and New York Times bestselling author |
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Melissa Etheridge
Two time Grammy, and Academy award winner |
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Mia Farrow
Acclaimed film and stage actor |
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Joe Fan
Famed concert pianist, member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, and his album World Keys reached number #3 on Billboard's Classic Chart |
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Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
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Ralph Fiennes
Star of the English Patient, Schlinder's List, Constant Gardner, and Harry Potter. Two time Academy award nominee and Tony award winner |
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Steve Forbes
Chief Executive of Forbes and former Presidential candidate |
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Al Franken
Bestselling author, co-creator of Saturday Night Live
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William Friedkin
Academy award winner and director of The Exorcist and The French Connection |
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Sir David Frost
Veteran television host, Emmy award winner, and conducted the famous Frost/Nixon interviews |
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Jack Garcia
Highly decorated and famed FBI agent who brought down one of La Cosa Nostra's most notorious crime families
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Michael Gerson
President Bush's former senior adviser and chief speechwriter who coined the phrase Axis of Evil |
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Ricky Gervais
Creator, star, director and Golden Globe winner of the hit series The Office, and Extras |
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Ed Gillespie
White House Counsel |
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Tony Gilroy
Oscar nominee |
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Newt Gingrich
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives |
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Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell, two-time number one national bestselling author of The Tipping Point and Blink |
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Whoopi Goldberg
Academy, Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, and a Tony award winner
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Charles Grodin
A star of Midnight Run, The Heartbreak Kid, Heaven Can Wait, Catch 22
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Dr. John Gray
Bestselling author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus |
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Steve Guttenburg
A star of Three Men and a Baby, Coocon, Police Academy, Diner, Boys from Brazil
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William Hague M.P.
Former Opposition Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition |
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Efraim Halevy
Former director of Mossad, and secret envoy for prime ministers Rabin, Shamir, Netanyahu, Barak, and Sharon. |
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Woody Harrelson
Emmy Award winner and Academy Award nominee |
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His Royal Highness Prince Hassan of Jordan
And Her Royal Highness Princess Badiya |
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Mariel Hemingway
Academy award nominee, author, and Ernest Hemingway's granddaughter. |
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Judd Hirsch
Emmy and Tony Award winner |
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Richard Holbrooke
Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Brokered an end to the war in Bosnia, and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. |
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Mike Huckabee
Former Presidential Candidate and Governor |
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Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
A leading advocate of women |
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Jeremy Irons
Oscar, Tony, Emmy award winner
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Walter Isaacson
Former Chairman and CEO of CNN, and bestselling author of Benjamin Franklin, An American Life, and Einstein |
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James Earl Jones
Academy Award Nominee and Tony Award Winner |
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Terry Jones
Monty Python co-founder, writer, star and director of The Holy Grail, Life of Brian, and Meaning of Life |
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Tommy Lee Jones
Oscar Nominee |
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Jack Kemp
Former football star, Cabinet Secretary, and Vice-Presidential Candidate |
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Senator Bob Kerrey
A leader of the 9/11 Commission and a author of the best-selling and critical report, former governor, senator and presidential candidate. |
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Dr. David Kessler
Former Head of the Food and Drug Administration |
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Joe Klein
Number one New York Times bestseller Primary Colors |
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Robert Klein
Legendary comedian and Grammy Award nominee
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Ed Koch
Three-term Mayor of New York City |
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Sherry Lansing
First woman to head a major Hollywood studio |
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Mike Leigh
Academy Award Nominee and famed director of Vera Drake and Secrets and Lies |
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Patrick Lencioni
New York Times bestselling author, (The Five Temptations of a Leader, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, and Death by Meeting) |
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Barry Levinson
Academy Award winner, and famed director of Rain Man, Bugsy, Good Morning Vietnam, Diner |
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Michael Lewis
Bestselling author of Moneyball, Liar's Poker, The New New Thing
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Richard Lewis
Famous comedian and a star of Curb Your Enthusiasm
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John Lithgow
Tony and Emmy Award winner, and two-time Academy Award Nominee |
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Senator Trent Lott
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader |
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Wangari Maathai
2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner |
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Prime Minister John Major KG CH
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Sir David Manning
Former British Ambassador to the United States |
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J.W. Marriott
Chairman and CEO of Marriott
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General Barry McCaffrey
Former United States Drug Czar |
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Rue McClanahan
Emmy award winner, and Blanche on the Golden Girls |
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Frank McCourt
Pulitzer prize winner and number one bestselling author of Angela's Ashes |
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Ian McDiarmid
Leading actor in the Star Wars triology and Tony award winner |
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Senator George McGovern
The Democratic Party nominee for president in 1972, and ran the Food for Peace Program for President John F. Kennedy |
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Ed McMahon
Longtime co-host of the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson |
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Ian McShane
Star of Deadwood. Emmy and Golden Globe winner |
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Ambassador Ayre Mekel of Israel
Served as Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, and was Director General of the Israel Broadcasting Authority, responsible for all State television and radio |
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H.E. Ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer
Former British Ambassador to the United States |
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Andrea Mitchell
NBC Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent |
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Mixer 6-19-08
Claire Oliver Gallery |
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Mixer 5-8-08
William T. Hillman Gallery |
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Mixer 10-09-07
Forum |
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Mixer 11-4-06
Gypsy Tea Lounge |
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Mixer 9-20-06
Eugene |
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Mixer 6-7-06
Salon |
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Mixer 4-11-06
Nikki |
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Mixer 2-21-06
Bungalow 8 |
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Mixer 12-05-03
Ava |
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Mixer 4-15-03
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Moby
Global music star, and descendant of Herman Melville |
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Matthew Modine
Gloden Globe and Emmy award winner. A start of Weeds, Full Metal Jacket, Married to the Mob |
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Sir Roger Moore
a.k.a. James Bond |
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Dick Morris
New York Times and nationally bestselling author |
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Emily Mortimer
A star of 30 Rock, Match Point, Notting Hill, Elizabeth
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Admiral Michael Mullen
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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General Richard Myers
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Led the military during three simultaneous wars |
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Ralph Nader
Former Presidential candidate, muckraker and consumer advocate |
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Kevin Nealon
Emmy award nominee |
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Oxford Alternotives
Musical Performance at the Hudson Union Society |
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Oxford Gargoyles
Musical Performance at the Hudson Union Society |
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Oxford Out of the Blue
Musical Performance at the Hudson Union Society |
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General Peter Pace
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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Michael Palin
Monty Python co-founder, star, and writer Star of the Life of Brian, Fish Called Wanda, Brazil |
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Joe Pantoliano
A star of the Sopranos, The Matrix, Memento, The Fugitive, Risky Business
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John Perkins
Bestselling author. On the New York Times bestseller list for over a year |
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Myrtle Potter
Former President of Genentech |
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Charlie Rangel
Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committtee |
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Robert Reich
Robert Reich, Economic Advisor to President-Elect Obama, and former Secretary of Labor |
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Ivan Reitman
Blockbuster producer, and director of Ghostbusters, Stripes, Dave, Twins, Old School, Meatballs, and Animal House |
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Dame Stella Rimington
First woman leader of the British Secret Service MI5 |
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Dr. Pat Robertson
Ran for President of the United States, business, religious, philanthropist leader, and author |
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Al Roker
Today Show host |
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Ed Rollins
Ran President Ronald Reagan's two successful Presidential campaigns, and Ross Perot's independent ticket. Served in the White House |
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Neil Rudenstine,
Former President of Harvard and Provost of Princeton |
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General Sanchez
Former Commander of Coalition Forces in Iraq |
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General Brent Scowcroft
National Security Advisor under President Bush and Ford |
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John Patrick Shanley
Oscar, Tony and Pulitzer award winner |
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Reverand Al Sharpton
Civil rights activist and former candidate for Democratic party nomination for president |
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Bob Shrum
Led nine presidential campaigns |
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Charlie Siem
International Violin Virtuoso |
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Ted Sorensen
Special Counsel to President Kennedy |
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Senator Arlen Specter
Former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee |
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Earl Spencer,
Brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales |
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Morgan Spurlock
Actor, producer, director of the Academy award nominee film, Super Size Me |
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Ben Stein
Film and television star (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Win Ben Stein's Money), comedian, and advisor to President Nixon. |
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Gloria Steinem
Pioneer and leader in women's rights |
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Jon Stewart
Host of the Daily Show and bestselling author |
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Oliver Stone
Three time Oscar award winner, and director of Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon, JFK, Nixon, The Doors, W
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Sir Howard Stringer
Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation
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Andy Summers
Grammy award winner and leading member of the Police
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Strobe Talbott
Former Deputy Secretary of State |
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Admiral Stansfield Turner
Former Director of the CIA |
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Kathleen Turner
Academy and Tony Award nominee |
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Craig Venter
Revolutionary scientist |
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Cynthia Wade
Academy award winner |
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Herschel Walker
Former NFL superstar and Heisman Trophy winner |
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Governor Christie Todd Whitman
First female Secretary of the Environment Protection Agency and Governor of New Jersey
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Naomi Wolf
Leading feminist and author of the New York Times bestseller The Beauty Myth |
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Jim Woolsey
Former Director of the CIA |
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General Tony Zinni
Former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Command, Special Envoy to the Middle East
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His Royal Highness Prince Zeid
The Jordanian Ambassador to the U.S.
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