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James Abourezk
Member, United States Senate, State of South Dakota

Ken Adelman
United States Arms Control Director, President Reagan's Administration (2)

Madelyn Albright
Ambassador of the United States to the United Nations

George Allen
National Football League Coach

Howard Allen
Economist (2)

Bill Allen
National Security Advisor, President Reagan's Administration

Ambassadors of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Phil Angelides
Treasurer, State of California

Richard Atkinson
President, University of California

Mike Barnes
President, Handgun Control

Evan Bayh
Governor, State of Indiana

Alan Bersin
United States Attorney, Southern District of California (2)

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Member, United States Senate, State of Delaware (15)

Brian Bilbray
Member, United States House of Representatives, State of California

Roy Blount Jr.
Author, Correspondent, Sports Illustrated (3)

Sidney Blumenthal
Author, former aide to President & Mrs. Clinton

Myrna Blyth
Editor, Ladies Home Journal

David Boise
Attorney, Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Hyman Bookbinder
Special Representative, American Jewish Committee

Max Boot
Author, Editorial Writer, The Wall Street Journal (3)

Jim Bouton
Former Major League Pitcher, Author of "Ball Four"

Barbara Boxer
Member, United States Senate, State of California (2)

Joan Braden
Author, Washington Socialite

Benjamin Bradlee
Executive Editor, The Washington Post

Ernestine Bradley
Wife of Bill Bradley, candidate for President of the United States

Jim & Sarah Brady
National Handgun Control

Kingman Brewster, Jr.
United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James; former President, Yale University

David Broder
Author, Columnist, The Washington Post

William Brody
President, Johns Hopkins University

Edmund G. "Pat" Brown
Former Governor, State of California

Jerry Brown
Governor, State of California (3)

Kathleen Brown
Treasurer, State of California (2)

Willie Brown
Speaker, California State Assembly

Terry Brunner
Executive Director, Better Government Association of Chicago (BGA)

Hal Bruno
ABC-News Correspondent (2)

Howard Bryant
Columnist, The Boston Herald

Patrick Buchanan
Candidate for President of the United States

Francois Bujon de l'Estang
Ambassador of France to the United States

Dale Bumpers
Member, United States Senate, State of Arkansas

Carlos Bustamente
Lt. Governor, State of California

Jerry Butkiewicz
Secretary-Treasurer, San Diego-Imperial Counties AFL-CIO

David Calahan
Author, "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead"

Reverend Arthur Caliandro
Senior Minister, Marble Collegiate Church, New York City

Tom Campbell
Candidate, United States Senate, State of California

Bill Campbell
Republican Leader, California State Assembly

Capital Gang - CNN
Margaret Carlson, Al Hunt, Bob Novak, Mark Shields

Jimmy Carter
President of the United States (2)

Pablo Casals
Spanish Author

Victor Cha & David Kang
Authors, "Nuclear Korea"

Bob Chandler
Play-by-Play Broadcaster, San Diego Padres

Al Checchi
Candidate for Governor, State of California

Lynne Cheney
Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities

Ron Chernow
American Historian

Forrester Church
Senior Minister, First Unitarian Church, New York City

Sanford Cloud, Jr.
President, National Conference of Community and Justice (NCCJ)

Stan Coerr
Major, United States Marine Corps

Ted Conover
Author

Thomas Constantine
Director, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)

John Cooke
President, The Disney Channel

Bernard Cornwell
Author

Dana Crawford
President, Urban Neighborhoods, Denver, Colorado

Tom Cronin
American Historian

Randy "Duke" Cunningham
United States House of Representatives, State of California

Al Davis
Owner -- Oakland Raiders

Peter Q. Davis
Candidate for Mayor, City of San Diego

Gray Davis
Lt. Governor, State of California

Susan Davis
Member, United States House of Representatives, State of California

Howard Dean
Governor, State of Vermont, candidate for President of the United States (2)

Michael Deaver
Author, former aide to President Ronald Reagan

Alfred Defago
Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States

James Dickenson
Author, former Writer, The Washington Post

Debra Dickerson
Author, former Intelligence Agent, United States Army

Samuel Dillon
New York Times Correspondent, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Author, Columnist, The Washington Post

Chris Dodd
Member, United States Senate, State of Connecticut

Toby Dodge
Author, "Inventing Iraq", Professor, Warwick University, England

Mary Anne Dolan
Editor, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner

George Duekmejian
Governor, State of California (5)

Michael Dukakis
Candidate for President of the United States; Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Paul Duke
Host, Washington Week in Review, PBS

Peter Edelman
Author, former aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy

Robert Edgar
President, School of Theology, Clairemont, California

Tom Edsall
Author, Writer, The Washington Post

John Eisenhower
American Historian

Osama El-Baz
National Security Advisor, Nation of Egypt

Dick Enberg
NBC Sports

Steve Erie
Professor, University of California, San Diego (2)

Flavio Espinal
Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States

James Fallows
Author, Washington Bureau Chief, Atlantic Monthly (3)

Jerry Falwell
Pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia

Dianne Feinstein
Member, United States Senate, State of California (3)

Sir Robin Fenwick
Great Britain's Ambassador to the United States

Bob Filner
Member, United States House of Representatives, State of California

Floyd Flake
Member, United States House of Representatives, State of New York

Dick Flavin
Poet and playwright

Abraham H. Foxman
National Director -- Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

Barney Frank
Member, United States House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Max Frankel
Author, former Executive Editor, The New York Times (2)

Donna Frye
Candidate for Mayor, City of San Diego

John Garamendi
Insurance Commissioner, State of California

Leonard Garment
Author, former White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon

Bill Geppert
General Manager, Cox Communications

Ray Gilmartin
Chairman & CEO, Merck and Company

Newt Gingrich
Speaker, United States House of Representatives

Andy Glass
Chief, Washington Bureau, Cox Newspapers

James K. Glassman
Author and Economist

Susan Golding
Mayor, City of San Diego

Marshall Goldman
Economist

Patricia Goldman
Member, United States Transportation and Safety Board

Jay Goldstone
Chief Finanical Officer (CFO), City of San Diego

Doris Kearns Goodwin
American Historian

Michael Gordon
Chief Military Correspondent, The New York Times, co-author of COBRA II

Bob Greene
Author, Syndicated Columnist

Gerald Greenwald
Former Chairman, United Airline

Garret Gruener
Founder, Ask Jeeves Search Engine

David Halberstam
Author, Winner of The Pulitzer Prize (5)

Pete Hamill
Author, Editor, The New York Post

Adam Hamilton
Senior Minister, Church of the Resurrection (United Methodist Church), Leawood, Kansas

Tom Harkin
Member, United States Senate, State of Iowa

Gary Hart
Member, United States Senate, State of Colorado (5)

Sam Hayakawa
Member, United States Senate, State of California

Tom Hayden
Author, Member, California State Senate

Tom Hayes
Director, Office of Finance, State of California

Walter Hickel
Governor, State of Alaska

Fred Hickman
Sports Anchor, CNN

Fred Hitz
Former Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency (2)

Simon Hoggart
British Journalist (2)

Laurence Horowitz
Author, Medical Editor, The New York Times

Dick Hudnut
Mayor, City of Indianapolis

Al Hunt
Columnist, The Wall Street Journal (5)

Brooks Jackson
Investigative Reporter, CNN

Charles Jaco
Law Correspondent, ABC-News

Irwin Jacobs
Founder, Qualcomm

Haynes Johnson
Author, Columnist, The Washington Post (3)

Phillip Johnston
Director, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial

John Kaheny
Luncheon Tribute to former San Diego City Attorney

Roger Kahn
Author, "Boys of Summer" (2)

Bob Kerrey
Member, United States Senate, State of Nebraska

Bill Kolender
Sheriff, County of San Diego

Teddy Kollek
Mayor, Jerusalem, State of Israel

Paul Krugman
Author, Columnist, The New York Times (3)

Fred Krupp
President, Environmental Defense Fund

Chuck LaBella
Acting United States Attorney, Southern District of California

Dick Lamm
Governor, State of Colorado (8)

Langston University Choir

Larry Lawrence
United States Ambassador to Switzerland

Tony Lewis
Columnist, The New York Times, winner of the Pulitzer Prize (2)

Bill Lockyer
Attorney General, State of California

Richard Louv
Author, Columnist, San Diego Union Tribune

Larry Lucchino
President, Boston Red Sox

Dan Lundgren
Attorney General, State of California

Jackie MacMullin
Columnist, The Boston Globe

Myra MacPherson
Author, Washington Post Features Writer (2)

Frank Mankiewicz
Press Secretary, Senator Robert F. Kennedy (3)

Warren Bryan Martin Jr.
Professor of Higher Education and Abraham Lincoln Scholar

Peter Matthiessen
Author (3)

General Barry McCaffrey
Director, United States Drug Administration

Eugene McCarthy
Member, United States Senate, State of Minnesota (10)

Scott McClellan
White House press secretary under President George W. Bush

George McGovern
Former United States Senator and the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 1972

The McLaughlin Group
Fred Barnes, Eleanor Clift, Morton Kondracke, Chris Matthews, and John McLaughlin

Tom McMillen
Member, United States House of Representatives, State of Maryland

Tanya Melich
Leading American Pollster

Robert W. Merry
Author, Editor, The Congressional Quarterly

Matthew Miller
Author, Nationally Syndicated Columnist

John Moores
Owner, San Diego Padres

Roger Morris
American Historian

Rt. Honorable Colin Moynihan
Member, House of Commons, Great Britain

Roger Mudd
Network Correspondent, CBS News

Dick Murphy
Candidate for Mayor, City of San Diego

Dennis Nally
Chairman and Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

David Nasaw
Author, Professor, New York University (NYU)

Oliver North
Lt. Colonel, United States Marine Corps

William Novelli
Chief Executive Officer, AARP

Buck O'Neil
Chairman, Negro League Hall of Fame, Kansas City, Missouri (5)

Cathy O'Neil
Representative of the United Nations to the United States

Bill Owens
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States

Richard Parker
Author, "John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics"

Steve Peace
Member, California State Senate

Jack Peltason
President, University of California

Tim Penny
Former Member, United States House of Representatives, State of Minnesota

Tony Perry
Chief, San Diego Bureau, The Los Angeles Times (3)

Adam Pertman
Executive Director, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute

Scott Peters
President, San Diego City Council

Paul Pfingst
District Attorney, County of San Diego

Digger Phelps
Head Basketball Coach, University of Notre Dame

Terry Phelps
Author, University of Notre Dame Law School Professor

Kevin Phillips
American Historian (3)

Martha Phillips
President, The Concord Coalition

Valerie Plame Wilson
Former Covert Intelligence Office – Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

George Plimpton
Author, Editor, The Paris Review (12)

Colin Powell
Chairman, United States Joint Chiefs of Staff

Vladimir Pozner
Soviet Journalist

Doug Price
President, FirstBank Colorado

David Pryor
Member, United States Senate, State of Arkansas

Marilyn Quayle
Author

Dan Quayle
Former Vice President of the United States

Sally Quinn
Author, Washington Post Features Writer (2)

Yitzhak Rabin
Prime Minister, State of Israel

Maureen Reagan
Republican Candidate, United States Senate

Richard Reeves
Author, former Chief Political Correspondent, The New York Times (25)

T.R. Reid
Washington Post Bureau Chief, London (3)

Rick Reilly
Columnist, Sports Illustrated

Rob Reiner
Actor; Children's Advocate

Stephen Reinhardt
Judge, United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit

Tony Robbins
Author and Motivational Speaker

Jackie Robinson
50th Anniversary Tribute

Armando Rodriquez
Public servant and author

Richard Rodriquez
Author

Roy Romer
Governor, State of Colorado

Jeffrey Rosen
Law Correspondent, The New Republic

Mark Russell
Humorist

Paul Saltman
Author, Professor, University of California, San Diego

Jerry Sanders
Mayor, City of San Diego

Ed Sardella
News Anchor, KUSA-TV , Denver

Nathan Sassaman
U.S. Army Colonel (Retired), author of “Warrior King”

John Sawyer
Number Two Officer, British Embassy

Lynn Schenk
Member, United States House of Representatives, State of California

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
American Historian (3)

Juliet Schor
Author, Harvard University Professor

Marty Schram
Author, Nationally Syndicated Columnist (3)

Paul Seymour
Member, United States, State of California

Neil Sheehan
Journalist, Winner of The Pulitzer Prize

Robert Sheer
Columnist, The Los Angeles Times

Judy Sheindlin
Author and Judge

Lynn Sherr
Author, Correspondent, 20-20, ABC-News

Roger Showley
Author, Staff Writer, San Diego Union Tribune

R. Sargent Shriver
Former Ambassador of the United States to France

Bill Simon
Republican Candidate, Governor of California

John Simon
Critic, The National Review and New York Magazine

Alan Simpson
Member, United States Senate, State of Wyoming (10)

Jane Smiley
Author

Xan Smiley
British Journalist

Hedrick Smith
Author, former Washington Bureau Chief, The New York Times (3)

Norman Solomon
Author and media critic

Dinesh D'Souza
Author

Spizzwinks
Yale University Menšs Chorale Group (3)

Gay Talese
Author (2)

Sydney Taurel

Chairman and CEO, Eli Lilly and Company

The Embeds
American Reporters on their experiences in Iraq

Robert Theobald
Author and Economist

Paul Theroux
Author

Art Torres
Chairman, California State Democratic Party (2)

Kevin Towers
Executive Vice President/General Manager, San Diego Padres (2)

Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
Editor, The American Spectator

John Van de Kamp
Attorney General, State of California

Gregory Vega
United States Attorney, Southern District of California

Stephen Walker
Author, United States Department of State expert on the Balkans

Jim Wall
Editor, The Christian Century

Jim Wallis
Author, Editor-in-Chief, Sojourners Magazine (6)

Jerry Warren
Editor, San Diego Union Tribune

Washington Week in Review

Lowell Weicker
Former Governor and United States Senator, State of Connecticut

Stephen Weisman
Author, Chief Diplomatic Correrspondent -- The New York Times (2)

What Happened to the Media? -- Panel Discussion

The Honorable Bill White
Mayor, Houston, Texas

George Will
Author, Nationally Syndicated Columnist (3)

Pat Williams
Father of 19 children, author of 43 books,Vice President, The Orlando Magic, NBA (2)

Will Willimon
Dean of the Chapel, Duke University; Bishop, United Methodist Church (2)

Joseph Wilson
Former United States Ambsaasdor, Author of "The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity"

Naomi Wolf
Author of "The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot"

Judy Woodruff
White House Correspondent, NBC-News

Jim Wright
Former Speaker, United States House of Representatives

Jim Zogby
President, Arab-American Institute, Washington, D.C. (2)

Elmo Zumwalt
Chief of Operations, United States Navy (2)






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