Former Department of State 

• Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, former Secretary of State; former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.

• Secretary Warren Christopher, former Secretary of State; former Deputy Secretary of State; former Deputy Attorney General

• Secretary George P. Shultz, former Secretary of State; former Secretary of Labor; former Secretary of the Treasury

• Ambassador Richard L. Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

• John C. Whitehead, former Deputy Secretary of State

• Ambassador Marc Grossman, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs

• Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, former Under Secretary of State; Career Ambassador

• Ambassador Frank Wisner, former Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs; former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

• Dr. Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Deputy to the Under Secretary of State; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

• Lorne Craner, former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights and Labor

• Harold H. Koh, former Assistant Secretary of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (1998-2001); Dean and Gerard C. & Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, YaleLawSchool

• Ambassador Peter W. Galbraith, former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia; Senior Diplomatic Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

• Ambassador Felix Rohatyn, former US Ambassador to France

Former Department of Defense

• Secretary Harold Brown, former Secretary of Defense

• Secretary William Cohen, former Secretary of Defense; former U.S. Senator

• Secretary William Perry, former Secretary of Defense; former co-director of the Center for International Security and Arms Control;  Member of Iraq Study Group

• Rudy deLeon, former Deputy Secretary of Defense

• Dr. John J. Hamre, former Deputy Secretary of Defense

• Ambassador William H. Taft, IV, former Deputy Secretary of Defense; former Chief Legal Advisor, Department of State

• William J. Lynn, former Under Secretary of Defense

• Dr. Ashton B. Carter, former Assistant Secretary of Defense

• Frank Kendall, former Director of Tactical Warfare Programs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense; former Deputy Assistant Under Secretary of Defense for Strategic Defense Systems

Former members of congress

• Senator John Glenn, former Senator from Ohio; former Astronaut and Colonel (USMC-Ret.)

• Senator Gary Hart, former Senator from Colorado

• Senator J. Bennett Johnston, former Senator from Louisiana; U.S. Army, Judge Advocate General Corps., Germany

• Representative James Jones, former Ambassador to Mexico; former Chairman of the House Budget Committee, House of Representatives

• Governor Thomas Kean, Chair of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission); former Governor of New Jersey

• Senator Sam Nunn, former Senator from Georgia

• Senator Charles S. Robb, former Senator from Virginia; Chair Iraq Intelligence Commission (2004); Marine Corps, Vietnam, Bronze Star recipient

Retired Military Flag Officers

• Admiral Archie Clemins (USN-Ret.), former Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet

• General Ronald R. Fogleman (USAF-Ret.), former Chief of Staff of the Air Force

• General Joseph P. Hoar (USMC-Ret.), former Commander, U.S. Central Command (1991-1994); former Chief of Staff, U.S. Central Command (1988-1990)

• Admiral Greg G. Johnson (USN-Ret.), former Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe;  former Commander, Allied Forces Command, Naples, Italy

• General James L. Jones (USMC-Ret.), former Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps

• General John P. Jumper (USAF-Ret.), former Chief of Staff of the Air Force

• General Paul J. Kern (USA-Ret.), former Commanding General; Army Materiel Command

• General David M. Maddox (USA-Ret.), former Commander in Chief, United States Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group

• General Merrill A. McPeak (USAF-Ret.), former Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force

• General Joseph W. Ralston (USAF-Ret.)

• General Volney F. Warner (USA-Ret.), former Commander in Chief of the United States Readiness Command (1979-81)

• Lt. General Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. (USAF-Ret.)

• Lt. General 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

• Lt. General ClaudiaJ.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

• The late Lt. General WilliamE.Odom (USA-Ret.), former Director of the National Security Agency (1985-88); Hudson Institute Senior Fellow; Yale University Professor

• Lt. General Charles P. Otstott (USA-Ret.), former Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Committee (1990-1992)

• Vice Admiral JackA.Shanahan (USN-Ret.), former Director of the Center for Defense Information; former Chairman of the Military Advisory Committee, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities

• Lt. General HarryE.Soyster (USA-Ret), former Assistant Chief of Staff, Army Intelligence

• Lt. General JamesM. Thompson (USA-Ret.), former Director for Estimates, Defense Intelligence Agency; former Deputy Director for Plans, Policy, and National Security Council Affairs in the Secretary of Defense's Office

• Major General Paul D. Eaton (USA-Ret.), former Commanding General of the command charged with reestablishing Iraqi Security Forces (2003-2004)

• Major General EugeneFox (USA-Ret.), former Deputy Director of the Strategic Defense Initiative Office

• Rear Admiral DonaldJ.Guter (USN-Ret.), Judge Advocate General of the Navy

• Rear Admiral JohnD.Hutson (USN-Ret.), Judge Advocate General of the Navy

• Major General Melvyn S. Montano (USAF-Ret.), former Adjutant General in charge of National Guard in New Mexico (1994-99)

• Major General Thomas J. Romig (USA-Ret.), Judge Advocate General of the Army

• Brigadier General Hugh Aitken (USMC-Ret.), former Assistant Division Commander, 2^nd Marine Division; former Director, Manpower Plans and Policy Division

• Brigadier General DavidM.Brahms (USMC-Ret.), former Marine Corps’ Senior Legal Adviser (1983-88); Judge Advocates Association Board of Directors

• Brigadier General Stephen A. Cheney (USMC-Ret.), former Inspector General of the Marine Corps; President, MarineMilitaryAcademy

• Brigadier General JamesP.Cullen (USA-Ret.), U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate Generals Corps; Chief Judge, U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals

• Brigadier General Evelyn “Pat” Foote (USA-Ret.), former Commanding General of Fort Belvoir; Vice Chair, Secretary of Army’s Senior Review Panel on Sexual Harassment

• Brigadier General David Irvine (USA-Ret.), faculty assignment for 18 years with the Sixth U.S. Army Intelligence School; former Deputy Commander for the 96th Regional Readiness Command

• Brigadier General JohnH.Johns (USA-Ret.), former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; former Professor at the NationalDefenseUniversity

• Brigadier General RichardM.O'Meara (USA-Ret.), Army’s Judge Advocate General Corps

• Brigadier General Maurice D. Roush (USA-Ret.), former 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

• Brigadier General Stephen N. Xenakis (USA-Ret.), M.D., former Commanding General of the Southeast Regional Army Medical Command

• Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson (USA-Ret.), former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell

National Security Experts

• Samuel R. “Sandy” Berger, former National Security Advisor

• Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor

• AnthonyLake, former National Security Advisor

• Jessica Tuchman Mathews, former Director of the National Security Council’s Office of Global Issues; former Deputy to the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs

• 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

• Rand Beers, former National Security Council Staff

• Jeffrey Smith, former General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency; former Army Judge Advocate General Officer

Legal Experts

• Harry McPherson, Counsel to President Johnson; former Deputy Under-Secretary of the Army for International Affairs; former member of Department of Army Secretariat

• AlbertoJ.Mora, former U.S. Navy General Counsel

• Theodore C. Sorensen, special counsel & adviser to John F. Kennedy; member of the Cuban Missile Crisis Executive Committee of the National Security Council

• David Acheson, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; former President of the U.S. Atlantic Council

• John Norton Moore, Professor of Law, University of Virginia; Co-Founder, Center for National Security Law; former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace; former Counselor on International Law to the Department of State

• Robert Turner, Professor of Law, University of Virginia; Co-Founder, Center for National Security Law; former Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; former Counsel to the White House Intelligence Oversight Board

Counterterrorism experts

• 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

• Jack Cloonan, former FBI security and counterterrorism expert

• Burton Gerber, retired CIA operations officer

• Joe Navarro, former FBI counterintelligence and counterterrorism expert, adjunct faculty member at the FBI's Counterintelligence Division

• Professor Paul R. Pillar, former National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia; former Deputy Chief of DCICounterterroristCenter 

• Frank Warren Snepp, journalist; former Chief Analyst of North Vietnamese strategy for the CIA in Saigon; former CIA interrogator

World War II Interrogators

• George L. Frenkel (USA-Ret.), Military Intelligence Service

• Henry Kolm (USA-Ret.), Military Intelligence Service

• Dr.George Mandel (USA-Ret.), Military Intelligence Servic 

• Peter Weiss (USA-Ret.), Military Intelligence Service

Evangelical Leaders

• Dr. Robert Andringa, President Emeritus, Council for ChristianColleges & Universities

• The Rev. Dr. Paul Alexander, Professor of Theology and Ethics; Director, D. Min. Program, HaggardGraduateSchool of Theology at AzusaPacificUniversity

• Dr. David Black, President, Eastern University

• Ms. Joan Baumgartner Brown, Chief Development Officer, Sojourners

• Dr. Wilton Bunch, Professor of Ethics, SamfordUniversity

• Dr. Stanley Burgess, Distinguished Professor of Christian History, Regent University School of Divinity

• The Rev. Tony Campolo, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Eastern University

• Mr. Bart Campolo, Director, The Walnut Hills Fellowship

• Dr. R Judson Carlberg, President, GordonCollege

• The Rev. Richard Cizik, Vice President for Governmental Affairs, National Association of Evangelicals

• Dr. Shane Claiborne, Author; Activist; Founder of The Simple Way

• Mr. Andy Crouch, Editorial Director, Christianity Today International

• Alan S. Cureton, President, Northwestern College

• Dr. Thomas Finger, InterChurch Relations, Mennonite Church, USA; Scholar in Residence at Bethany Theological Seminary

• Professor Timothy Floyd, Professor and Director of the Law and Public Service Program, MercerUniversity, School of Law

• Dr. Robert Michael Franklin, President, MorehouseCollege

• Dr. Richard L. Gathro, Assistant to the President and Dean, NyackCollege

• Professor Ivy George, Professor of Sociology, GordonCollege

• Dr. Joel B. Green, Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Fuller Theological Seminary

• Dr. Jeffrey Greenman, Associate Dean of Biblical and Theological Studies; Professor of Christian Ethics, WheatonCollege

• The Rev. Dr. Catherine Gregg, Rector, Grace Episcopal Church, St. George, Utah 

• The Rev. Dr. David P. Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, MercerUniversity

• Dr. Chuck Gutenson, Chief Operation Officer, Sojourners

• Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, DukeUniversityDivinitySchool

• Mr. Gary Haugen, President and CEO, International Justice Mission

• Mr. Stephen Hayner, Peachtree Professor of Church Growth, Colombia Theological Seminary

• The Rev. Dr. Roberta Hestenes, former President, EasternUniversity

• Dr. Dean R. Hirsch, President and CEO, World Vision International

• The Rev. Dr. George Hunsinger, Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary

• Dr. George R. Hunter III, Distinguished Professor of Evangelization, Asbury Theological Seminary

• The Rev. Dr. Joel C. Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland – A Church Distributed

• Dr. Cheryl Bridges Johns, Professor of Discipleship and Christian Formation, Church of God in Christ Theological Seminary

• The Rev. Dr. J. Ellsworth Kalas, President, Asbury Theological Seminary

• Dr. Brad Kallenberg, Associate Professor of Theology, University of Dayton

• Rev. Dr. Ken Brooker Langston, Director, Disciples Justice Action

• The Rev. Dr. Rick Love, former International Director, Frontiers

• Mr. Sammy Mah, President and CEO, World Relief

• Dr. Ronald Mahurin, Vice President, Professional Development and Research, Council for ChristianColleges & Universities

• The Rev. Brian McLaren, Chairman, Sojourners

• Mr. Albert J. Meyer, former Executive Secretary, Mennonite Board of Education

• The Rev. Dr. Jesse Miranda, Distinguished Professor, VanguardUniversity

• The Rev. Dr. Richard Mouw, President, Fuller Theological Seminary

• Mr. David Neff, Editor in Chief, Christianity Today Media Group

• Dr. Mary Nelson, President Emeritus, Bethel New Life, Chicago

• Dr. Michael D. Palmer, Dean, School of Divinity, RegentsUniversity

• Mr. Ken Perez, President, John Stott Ministries

• Dr. John E. Phelan Jr. President and Dean, North Park Theological Seminary

• Dr. Kim Phipps, President, MessiahCollege

• Dr. Christine Pohl, Professor of Social Ethics, Asbury Theological Seminary

• The Rev. Soong-Chan Rah, Milton B. Engebretson Assistant Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism, North Park Theological Seminary

• The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference

• Dr. Melissa Rogers, Visiting Professor of Religion and Public Policy, Wake Forest University Divinity School

• The Rev. Gabriel Salguero, Director, Hispanic Leadership Program, Princeton Theological Seminary

• Dr. Andrew Saperstein, Associate Director, Reconciliation Program, YaleCenter for Faith and Cultur 

• The Rev. Dr. Ronald Sider, Professor of Theology, Holistic Ministry, and Public Policy, Palmer Theological Seminary

• Professor Glen Stassen, Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary

• Ambassador Clyde D. Taylor, former Chair, World Relief 

• Dr. Larry Thomas, M.D., President, Tropical Health Alliance

• Dr. Daniel Vestal, Executive Coordinator, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship 

• Dr. Miroslav Volf, Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology, YaleUniversityDivinitySchool 

• The Rev. Jim Wallis, President and Executive Director, Sojourners

• Dr. Graham B. Walker Jr., Associate Dean and Professor of Theology, McAfeeSchool of Theology

• The Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, Director, Biblical Security Covenant 

• Mr. Samuel C. Wolgemuth, Chairman of the Board, World Relief 

• The Rev. Dr. Amos Yong, Professor of Theology, Regent University School of Divinity

Prominent Leaders of Faith Groups

• Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, Dean, ZieglerSchool of Rabbinic Studies

• Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, Diocesan Legate, Armenian Church of America

• The Rt. Rev. Mark M. Beckwith, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Newark

• Archbishop Nicolae Condrea, Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada 

• Bishop Sally Dyck, The United Methodist Church, Minnesota Area 

• Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz, President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College 

• Rabbi David Ellenson, President, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion 

• Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago

• Chancellor Arnold Eisen, Jewish Theological Seminary of America

• Rev. Dr. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, General Secretary, Reformed Church in America  

• Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector, Hebrew College Rabbinical School

• Rabbi Steve Gutow, Executive Director, Jewish Council of Public Affairs

• Bishop Al Gwinn, North Carolina Conference, The United Methodist Church 

• Rev. Dr. Stan Hastey, Executive Director, Alliance of Baptists

• Dr. Maher Hathout, Senior Advisor, Muslim Public Affairs Council

• Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, General Secretary, National Council of Churches

• Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church 

• Rev. Michael Livingston, Executive Director, International Council of Community Churches

• Dr. Ingrid Mattson, President, Islamic Society of North America 

• Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, former Archbishop of Washington, DC 

• Mary Ellen McNish, General Secretary, American Friends Service Committee

• Rev. A. Roy Medley, General Secretary, American Baptist ChurchesUSA

• Stanley Noffsinger, General Secretary, Church of the Brethren 

• Rev. Glenn R. Palmberg, President, EvangelicalCovenantChurch.

• Dr. Anahat Kaur Sandhu, Secretary General, World Sikh Council - America Region

• Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism 

• Rabbi Gerald Serotta, Chairman, Human Rights—North America 

• Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, National Director, Interfaith and Community Alliance, Islamic Society of North America 

• Jim Schrag, Executive Director, Mennonite Church USA  

• Rev. Dr. William Shaw, President, National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. 

• Rev. William G. Sinkford, President, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

• Rabbi Toba Spitzer, President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Assembly 

• Rev. Dr. John H. Thomas, President, United Church of Christ 

• Rev. Dr. Sharon E. Watkins, General Minister and President, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 

• Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, Chairman, Committee on International Justice and Peace, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 

• Bishop Tim W. Whitaker, Florida Area Resident Bishop, The United Methodist Church

 

• Rabbi Eric Yoffe, President, Union for Reform Judaism

 

Executive Directors of State Ecumenical Agencies

• Scott D. Anderson, Executive Director, Wisconsin Council of Churches 

• Rev. Jonathan Barton, General Minister, Virginia Council of Churches 

• Rev. Jan Olav Flaaten, Executive Director, Arizona Ecumenical Council

• Rev. Gary L. Harke, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Council of Churches

• Rev. Jack Johnson, Executive Director, Massachusetts Council of Churches 

• Rev. Dr. Nancy J. Kemper, Executive Director, Kentucky Council of Churches 

• Rev. Brenda Lynn Kneece, Executive Minister, South Carolina Christian Action Council 

• David Lamarre-Vincent, Executive Director, New Hampshire Council of Churches 

• David Leslie, Executive Director, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon

• Marilyn P. Mecham, Executive, Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska

• Rev. Russell L. Meyer, Executive Director, Florida Council of Churches 

• Rev. Warren Murphy, Executive Director, Wyoming Association of Churches 

• Rev. George Reed, Executive Director, North Carolina Council of Churches 

• Rev. Jill Job Saxby, Executive Director, Maine Council of Churches 

• Wade Schemmel, President, North Dakota Conference of Churches 

• Rev. Dr. Rick Schlosser, Executive Director, California Council of Churches 

• Rev. Dr. Stephen J. Sidorak, Jr., Executive Director, Christian Conference of Connecticut 

• The Reverend Dennis D. Sparks, Executive Director, West Virginia Council of Churches 

Civic Leaders

• Helene D. Gayle, M.D., MPH
•  Roderick M. Hills, former SEC Commissioner 

• Carla A. Hills, former US Trade Representative; former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

• Charles A. Sanders, M.D.