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Terry
Szuplat

Speechwriter
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Derek
Mitchell

Ambassador
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Michael
Morell

CIA Deputy Director
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Judy
Heumann

Disability Rights Activist
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Samuel
Locklear

Military Official
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Jake
Sullivan

Foreign Policy Official
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Evan
Medeiros

Foreign Policy Official
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William
Burns

Deputy Secretary of State
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Ryan
Crocker

Ambassador
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Nathan
Law

Hong Kong Democracy Activist
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James
Jones

National Security Advisor
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Tom
Donilon

National Security Advisor
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Ash
Carter

Secretary of Defense
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Michael
Leiter

Counterterrorism Official
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Denis
McDonough

White House Chief of Staff
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Jessica
Sanchez

DREAMer and Activist
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Esther
Brimmer

Foreign Policy Official
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Samantha
Power

Ambassador to the United Nations
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Huma
Abedin

Political Aide and Advisor
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Rafaai
Hamo

Engineer and Professor
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Harold Hongju
Koh

State Department Legal Adviser
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Roberta
Jacobson

Ambassador
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Daniel
Russel

Foreign Policy Official
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Susan
Rice

National Security Advisor
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Richard
Verma

Ambassador
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Jeremy
Bash

Intelligence and Defense Official
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Jean Pierre
Mbagurire

Development Professional
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Antony
Blinken

Deputy Secretary of State
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Anne-Marie
Slaughter

Foreign Policy Official
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Jeh
Johnson

Secretary of Homeland Security
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Anne
Patterson

Ambassador
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Michael
Mullen

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Michael
Posner

Foreign Policy Official
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Heather
Linebaugh

US Air Force Veteran
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John
Kerry

Secretary of State and US Senator
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Chuck
Hagel

Secretary of Defense
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Jeffrey
Feltman

Foreign Policy Official
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James
Clapper

Director of National Intelligence
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Avril
Haines

Deputy National Security Advisor
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Rose
Gottemoeller

Foreign Policy Official
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Mark
Lippert

Ambassador and Defense Policy Official
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Ileana
Yarza Paneque

Foreign Policy Correspondent
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Bernie
Aronson

Special Envoy
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Michael
Froman

US Trade Representative
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Christina
Falcon

Student Ambassador
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Jeff
Flake

US Senator from Arizona
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Macon
Phillips

Communications Official
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Michael
McFaul

Ambassador
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Carrie
Tan Huimin

Member of Singaporean Parliament
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Leon
Panetta

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Betsy
Bramon

Foreign Policy Official
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Hadi
Pir

Human Rights Activist
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Robert
Gates

Secretary of Defense
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Colin
Kahl

Foreign Policy Official
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Olsen
Jean-Julien

Engineer and Architect
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Todd
Stern

Special Envoy
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Elizabeth
Phu

Defense and Foreign Policy Official
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Naureen
Shah

Civil Rights Advocate
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Rick
Jordan

Master Mariner
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Hillary
Clinton

Secretary of State
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Kenneth
Roth

Human Rights Activist
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Arturo
Valenzuela

Foreign Policy Official
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Tawakkol
Karman

Human Rights Activist
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John
Brennan

CIA Director
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Akram
Dweikat

Engineer and Social Entrepreneur
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Azizullah
Royesh

Educator and Social Activist
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Jerome
Sauvage

United Nations Official
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Brett
McGurk

Special Envoy
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Dalai
Lama

Spiritual Leader
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Wendy
Sherman

Foreign Policy Official
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Jim
Steinberg

Deputy Secretary of State
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Michèle
Flournoy

Defense Policy Official
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William
McRaven

Military Official
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Ricardo
Zúniga

Foreign Policy Official
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Derek
Chollet

Foreign Policy Official
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Leah
Katz-Hernandez

White House Staff and Inclusion Advocate
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William
Taylor

Foreign Policy Official
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Ben
Rhodes

Speechwriter and Foreign Policy Official
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Wally
Adeyemo

Economic Policy Advisor
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Martin
Dempsey

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Raul
Salinas

Mayor of Laredo
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Rumana
Ahmed

Public Engagement Official
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Johnnie
Carson

Diplomat and Foreign Policy Official
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Stephen
Kroft

Broadcast Journalist

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