Declaration of Principles for a Presidential Executive Order on Prisoner Treatment,
Torture and Cruelty
PROMINENT LEADERS OF FAITH GROUPS
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Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, Dean, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies
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Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, Diocesan Legate, Armenian Church of America
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The Rt. Rev. Mark M. Beckwith, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Newark
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Charlie Clements, President & CEO of Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
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Archbishop Nicolae Condrea, Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada
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Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago
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Bishop Sally Dyck, Minnesota Area, The United Methodist Church
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Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz, President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
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Chancellor Arnold Eisen, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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Rabbi David Ellenson, President, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
- Rev. Dr. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, General Secretary, Reformed Church in America
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Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector, Hebrew College Rabbinical School
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Rabbi Steve Gutow, Executive Director, Jewish Council of Public Affairs
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Bishop Al Gwinn, North Carolina Conference, The United Methodist Church
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Rev. Dr. Stan Hastey, Executive Director, Alliance of Baptists
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Dr. Maher Hathout, Senior Advisor, Muslim Public Affairs Council
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Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, General Secretary, National Council of Churches
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Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
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Rev. Michael Livingston, Executive Director, International Council of Community Churches
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Dr. Ingrid Mattson, President, Islamic Society of North America
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Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Former Archbishop of Washington, DC
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Mary Ellen McNish, General Secretary, American Friends Service Committee
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Rev. A. Roy Medley, General Secretary, American Baptist Churches USA
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Stanley Noffsinger, General Secretary, Church of the Brethren
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Rev. Glenn R. Palmberg, President, Evangelical Covenant Church
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Very Rev. Thomas Picton, CSsR, President, Conference of Major Superiors of Men
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Dr. Anahat Kaur Sandhu, Secretary General, World Sikh Council - America Region
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Shakeel Syed, Executive Director, Islamic Shura Council
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Rabbi Gerald Serotta, Chair, Rabbis for Human Rights – North America
- Jim Schrag, Executive Director, Mennonite Church USA
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Rev. Dr. William Shaw, President, National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
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Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, Chairman, Islamic Shura Council of Southern CA & Fiqh Council of North America
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Rev. William G. Sinkford, President, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
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Rabbi Toba Spitzer, President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Assembly
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Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, National Director, Interfaith and Community Alliance, Islamic Society of North America
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Rev. Dr. John H. Thomas, President, United Church of Christ
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Bishop Julius Trimble, Bishop of the Iowa Annual Conference, United Methodist Church
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Rev. Dr. Sharon E. Watkins, General Minister and President, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
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Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, Chairman, Committee on International Justice and Peace, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Bishop Tim W. Whitaker, Florida Area Resident Bishop, The United Methodist Church
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Rabbi Eric Yoffe, President, Union for Reform Judaism
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF STATE ECUMENICAL AGENCIES
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Scott D. Anderson, Executive Director, Wisconsin Council of Churches
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Rev. Jonathan Barton, General Minister, Virginia Council of Churches
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Rev. Jan Olav Flaaten, Executive Director, Arizona Ecumenical Council
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Rev. Gary L. Harke, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Council of Churches
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Rev. Jack Johnson, Executive Director, Massachusetts Council of Churches
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Rev. Dr. Nancy J. Kemper, Executive Director, Kentucky Council of Churches
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Rev. Brenda Lynn Kneece, Executive Minister, SC Christian Action Council
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David Lamarre-Vincent, Executive Director, New Hampshire Council of Churches
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David Leslie, Executive Director, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
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Marilyn P. Mecham, Executive, Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska
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Rev. Russell L. Meyer, Executive Director, Florida Council of Churches
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Rev.Warren Murphy, Executive Director, Wyoming Association of Churches
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Rev. George Reed, Executive Director, North Carolina Council of Churches
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Rev. Jill Job Saxby, Executive Director, Maine Council of Churches
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Wade Schemmel, President, North Dakota Conference of Churches
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Rev. Dr. Rick Schlosser, Executive Director, California Council of Churches
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Rev. Dr. Stephen J. Sidorak, Jr., Executive Director, Christian Conference of Connecticut
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The Reverend Dennis D. Sparks, Executive Director, West Virginia Council of Churches
EVANGELICAL LEADERS
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The Rev. Dr. Paul Alexander, Professor of Theology and Ethics; Director, D.Min. Program, Haggard Graduate School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University
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Dr. Robert Andringa, President Emeritus, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
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Ms. Joan Baumgartner Brown, Chief Development Officer, Sojourners
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Dr. David Black, President, Eastern University
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Dr. Wilton Bunch, Professor of Ethics, Samford University
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Dr. Stanley Burgess, Distinguished Professor of Christian History, Regent University School of Divinity
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Mr. Bart Campolo, Director, The Walnut Hills Fellowship, Cincinnati, Ohio
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The Rev. Tony Campolo, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Eastern University
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Dr. R Judson Carlberg, President, Gordon College
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The Rev. Richard Cizik, Vice President for Governmental Affairs, National Association of Evangelicals
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Dr. Shane Claiborne, Author, Activist, The Simple Way
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Mr. Andy Crouch, Editorial Director, Christianity Today International
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Professor David Crutchley, Chair, Theological Education Workgroup, Baptist World Alliance
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Alan S. Cureton, President, Northwestern College
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Dr. Thomas Finger, InterChurch Relations, Mennonite Church, USA; Scholar in Residence at Bethany Theological Seminary
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Professor Timothy Floyd, Professor and Director of the Law and Public Service Program, Mercer University, School of Law
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Dr. Robert Michael Franklin, President, Morehouse College
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Dr. Richard L. Gathro, Assistant to the President and Dean, Nyack College, DC
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Professor Ivy George, Professor of Sociology, Gordon College
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Rev. Dr. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, General Secretary, Reformed Church in America
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Dr. Joel B. Green, Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Fuller Theological Seminary
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Dr. Jeffrey Greenman, Associate Dean of Biblical and Theological Studies and Professor of Christian Ethics, Wheaton College
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The Rev. Dr. Catherine Gregg, Rector, Grace Episcopal Church, St. George, Utah
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The Rev. Dr. David P. Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, Mercer University
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Dr. Chuck Gutenson, Chief Operation Officer, Sojourners
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Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, Duke University Divinity School
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Mr. Gary Haugen, President and CEO, International Justice Mission
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Mr. Stephen Hayner, Peachtree Professor of Church Growth, Colombia Theological Seminary
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The Rev. Dr. Roberta Hestenes, Former President, Eastern University
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Dr. Dean R. Hirsch, President and CEO, World Vision International
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The Rev. Dr. George Hunsinger, Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
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Dr. George R. Hunter III, Distinguished Professor of Evangelization, Asbury Theological Seminary
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The Rev. Dr. Joel C. Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland – A Church Distributed
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Dr. Cheryl Bridges Johns, Professor of Discipleship and Christian Formation, Church of God in Christ Theological Seminary
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The Rev. Dr. J. Ellsworth Kalas, President, Asbury Theological Seminary
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Dr. Brad Kallenberg, Associate Professor of Theology, University of Dayton
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Rev. Dr. Ken Brooker Langston, Director, Disciples Justice Action
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The Rev. Dr. Rick Love, Former International Director, Frontiers
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Mr. Sammy Mah, President and CEO, World Relief
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Dr. Ronald Mahurin, Vice President, Professional Development and Research, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
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The Rev. Brian McLaren, Chairman, Sojourners
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Mr. Albert J. Meyer, Ret. Executive Secretary, Mennonite Board of Education
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The Rev. Dr. Jesse Miranda, Distinguishes Professor, Vanguard University
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The Rev. Dr. Richard Mouw, President, Fuller Theological Seminary
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Mr. David Neff, Editor in Chief, Christianity Today Media Group
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Dr. Mary Nelson, President Emeritus, Bethel New Life, Chicago
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Dr. Michael D. Palmer, Dean, School of Divinity, Regents Univeristy
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Mr. Ken Perez, President, John Stott Ministries
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Dr. John E. Phelan Jr. President and Dean, North Park Theological Seminary
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Dr. Kim Phipps, President, Messiah College
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Dr. Christine Pohl, Professor of Social Ethics, Asbury Theological Seminary
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The Rev. Soong-Chan Rah, Milton B. Engebretson Assistant Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism, North Park Theological Seminary
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The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
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Dr. Melissa Rogers, Visiting Professor of Religion and Public Policy, Wake Forest University Divinity School
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The Rev. Gabriel Salguero, Director, Hispanic Leadership Program, Princeton Theological Seminary
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Dr. Andrew Saperstein, Associate Director, Reconciliation Program, Yale Center for Faith and Culture
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The Rev. Dr. Ronald Sider, Professor of Theology, Holistic Ministry, and Public Policy, Palmer Theological Seminary
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Professor Glen Stassen, Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary
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Ambassador Clyde D. Taylor, Former Chair, World Relief
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Dr. Larry Thomas, M.D., President, Tropical Health Alliance
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Dr. Daniel Vestal, Executive Coordinator, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
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Dr. Miroslav Volf, Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology, Yale University Divinity School
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The Rev. Jim Wallis, President and Executive Director, Sojourners
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Dr. Graham B. Walker Jr., Associate Dean and Professor of Theology, McAfee School of Theology
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Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Yale University
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The Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, Director, Biblical Security Covenant
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Mr. Samuel C. Wolgemuth, Chairman of the Board, World Relief
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The Rev. Dr. Amos Yong, Professor of Theology, Regent University School of Divinity
FORMER DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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Representative James Jones, former Ambassador to Mexico and former Chairman of the House Budget Committee, House of Representatives
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Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, former Secretary of State; former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
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Secretary Warren Christopher, former Secretary of State, former Deputy Secretary of State, former Deputy Attorney General
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Secretary George P. Shultz, former Secretary of State; former Secretary of Labor; former Secretary of the Treasury
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Ambassador Richard L. Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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Ambassador Marc Grossman, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
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Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, former Under Secretary of State and Career Ambassador
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Ambassador Frank Wisner; former Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs; former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
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Lorne Craner, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights and Labor
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Harold Koh, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
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Dr. Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Deputy to the Under Secretary of State, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; Head of the National Intelligence Council, Harvard Professor
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Ambassador Peter W. Galbraith, former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia; Senior Diplomatic Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
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Ambassador Felix Rohatyn, former US Ambassador to France
FORMER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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Secretary William Cohen, former Secretary of Defense; former U.S. Senator
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Secretary Harold Brown, Former Secretary of Defense; Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic & International Studies
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Secretary William Perry, former Secretary of Defense, former co director of the Center for International Security and Arms Control, Member of Iraq Study Group
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Dr. John J. Hamre, former Deputy Secretary of Defense, President & CEO, Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Ambassador William H. Taft, IV, former Deputy Secretary of Defense; former chief Legal Advisor, Department of State
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William J. Lynn, former Under Secretary of Defense
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Dr. Ashton B. Carter, former Assistant Secretary of Defense; Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, International Security Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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Frank Kendall, Director of Tactical Warfare Programs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense; Deputy Assistant Undersecretary of Defense for Strategic Defense Systems
RETIRED MILITARY FLAG OFFICERS
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Admiral Archie Clemins (USN-Ret.), Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet
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General Ronald R. Fogleman (USAF-Ret.), former Chief of Staff of the Air Force
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General Joseph P. Hoar (USMC-Ret.), former Commander, U.S. Central Command (1991-1994); former Chief of Staff, U.S. Central Command (1988-1990)
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Admiral Greg G. Johnson (USN-Ret.), Former Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Commander, Allied Forces Command, Naples, Italy
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General James L. Jones (USMC-Ret.), former Commandant, U.S. Marine CorpsGeneral John P. Jumper (USAF-Ret.), former Chief of Staff of the Air Force
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General Paul J. Kern (USA-Ret.), former Commanding General, Army Materiel Command
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General Merrill A. McPeak (USAF-Ret.), former Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
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General Joseph W. Ralston (USAF-Ret.)
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General Volney F. Warner (USA-Ret.), Former Commander in Chief of the United States Readiness Command (1979-81)
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Lt. Gen. Robert G. Gard, Jr. (USA-Ret.) President emeritus, Monterey Institute for International Studies; Senior Military Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
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Lt. Gen. Claudia J. Kennedy (USA-Ret.), former Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence at Headquarters, Department of the Military; former Commander of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command
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The late Lt. General William E. Odom (USA-Ret.), Director of the National Security Agency (1985-88); Hudson Institute Senior Fellow; Yale University Professor
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Lt. General Charles P. Otstott (USA-Ret.), Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Committee, 1990-1992
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Vice Admiral Jack A. Shanahan (USN-Ret.), Former Director of the Center for Defense Information and Former Chairman of the Military Advisory Committee, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities
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Lt. General Harry E. Soyster (USA-Ret), former Assistant Chief of Staff, Army Intelligence
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Lt. General James M. Thompson (USA-Ret.), former Director for Estimates, Defense Intelligence Agency and former Deputy Director for Plans, Policy and National Security Council Affairs in the Secretary of Defense's Office
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Major General Eugene Fox (USA-Ret.), Deputy Director of the Strategic Defense Initiative Office
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Rear Admiral Donald J. Guter (USN-Ret.), Judge Advocate General of the Navy
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Rear Admiral John D. Hutson (USN-Ret.), Judge Advocate General of the Navy
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Maj. General Melvyn S. Montano (USAF-Ret.), Adjutant general in charge of National Guard in New Mexico (1994-99)
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Major General Thomas J. Romig (USA-Ret.), Former Judge Advocate General of the Army; Dean and Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law
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Brigadier General Hugh Aitken (USMC-Ret.), former Assistant Division Commander, 2d Marine Division; former Director, Manpower Plans and Policy Division
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Brigadier General David M. Brahms (USMC-Ret.), Marine Corps’ senior legal adviser(1983-88); Judge Advocates Association board of directors
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Brigadier General Stephen A. Cheney (USMC-Ret.), former Inspector General of the Marine Corps; President, Marine Military Academy
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Brigadier General James P. Cullen (USA-Ret.), U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps; Chief Judge, U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals
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Brigadier General Evelyn “Pat” Foote (USA-Ret.), Commanding General of Fort Belvoir; Vice Chair, Secretary of Army’s Senior Review Panel on Sexual Harassment
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Brigadier General David Irvine (USA-Ret.), Faculty assignment for 18 years with the Sixth U.S. Army Intelligence School; Deputy Commander for the 96th Regional Readiness Command
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Brigadier General John H. Johns (USA-Ret.), former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, former professor at the National Defense University
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Brigadier General Richard M. O'Meara (USA-Ret.), Army’s Judge Advocate General Corps
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Brigadier General Maurice D. Roush (USA-Ret.), Commander of the U.S. Army Engineer Pacific Ocean Division; Last American Lt. Gov. (Dep. Civ. Adm.) of Okinawa; Asia Operations Manager for Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall; Dean of "Engineering at St. Martin's University
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Brigadier General Stephen N. Xenakis (USA-Ret.), M.D., Commanding General of the Southeast Regional Army Medical Command
NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS
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Senator John Glenn, former Senator from Ohio, former Astronaut and Colonel (USMC-Ret.)
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Senator Gary Hart, former Senator from Colorado; co-chair of the U.S. Commission on National Security for the 21st Century
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Governor Thomas Kean, Chair of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission), former Governor of New Jersey, President of Drew University
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Sandy Berger, former National Security Advisor
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Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Adviser
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Carl Ford, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State; former U.S. Army Military Intelligence Officer; CIA National Intelligence Officer for East Asia
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Jessica Tuchman Mathews, former Director of the National Security Council’s Office of Global Issues; deputy to the Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs
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Rand Beers, former National Security Council Staff
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Jeffrey Smith, former General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency and Army Judge Advocate General Officer
LEGAL EXPERTS
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Senator J. Bennett Johnston, former Senator from Louisiana, U.S. Army, Judge Advocate General Corps., Germany
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Senator Charles S. Robb, former Senator from Virginia, Chair Iraq Intelligence Commission (2004), Marine Corps, Vietnam, Bronze Star recipient
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Harry McPherson, Counsel to President Johnson; Deputy Under-Secretary of the Army for international affairs; member of Department of Army Secretariat
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Alberto J. Mora, former U.S. Navy General Counsel
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Theodore C. Sorensen, special counsel & adviser to John F. Kennedy; a member of the Cuban Missile Crisis Executive Committee of the National Security Council
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David Acheson, former US Attorney for the District of Columbia; former President of the U.S. Atlantic Council
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John Norton Moore, Professor of Law, the University of Virginia
COUNTERTERRORISM EXPERTS
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Vincent Cannistraro, former Director of Intelligence Programs for the United States National Security Council; former Chief of Operations and Analysis at the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center
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Jack Cloonan, former FBI security and counterterrorism expert
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Burton Gerber, retired CIA operations officer and professor at Georgetown University
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Professor Paul R. Pillar, Georgetown University professor; former National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia; former Deputy Chief, DCI Counterterrorist Center
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Frank Warren Snepp, Journalist and former chief analyst of North Vietnamese strategy for the CIA in Saigon; former CIA interrogator
WORLD WAR II INTERROGATORS
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George L. Frenkel (USA-Ret.) Military Intelligence Service
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Henry Kolm (USA-Ret.) Military Intelligence Service
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Dr. George Mandel (USA-Ret.) Military Intelligence Service
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Peter Weiss (USA-Ret.) Military Intelligence Service




