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GENERAL
COLIN POWELL
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Colin Powell is an American Statesman and a former
four-star general in the United States Army. During his
storied military and political career, Powell also served as
Secretary of State, National Security Adviser and
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was the first, and
to this day, the onlt African American to serve on the
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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CAPITOL
STEPS
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Twenty-five years ago, Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate
staffers who set out to satirize the very people
and places that employed them. Five presidents later,
the group is still making people laugh and never seems
to run out of fresh and entertaining material. No matter who’s
on the headlines, the Capitol Steps are equal opportunity offenders.
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BOB
SCHIEFFER
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For over 30 years, Schieffer has covered the White
House, the Pentagon, the State Department and Capitol
Hill as one of the most respected broadcast journalists
today. In 2008, he moderated the final debate between Barack
Obama and John McCain and continues to be
CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent and anchor
of Face the Nation.
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RICHARD
KARLGAARD
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Karlgaard is the publisher of Forbes
- the world’s
most popular business and financial magazine read
by 4.5 million people per issue. An accomplished entrepreneur
and winner of Ernst & Young’s
“Entrepreneur of the Year” award, Karlgaard will
provide insight on the current economy and the future
of business and technology in the local and
global economies.
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JEFREY
TOOBIN
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Jeffrey Toobin is a lawyer, author, and a high-profile
legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker. His New
York Times Best Seller, The Nine: Inside the Secret
World of the Supreme Court, profiles the justices and
the functioning of the institution, and how it has
changed over the years. He is an expert on the
high court and how politics has shaped it.
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DR.
SYLVIA EARLE
APRIL 6, 2010
8:00 PM
Called “Her Deepness” by the New York Times and
The New Yorker, Sylvia Earle is one of the most
recognized marine biologists of her lifetime. She is an explorer-in-residence
at National Geographic and a
leading voice in ocean conservation. She created the Sustainable
Seas Expedition which researches the
12 National Marine Sanctuaries that surround
the North American continent.
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FRANK
ABAGNALE
MAY 13, 2010
8:00 PM
His life story was depicted in the film Catch Me If
You Can featuring Leonardo Di Caprio and Tom
Hanks. Today, Abagnale is one of the world’s
most respected authorities on forgery, embezzlement
and secure documents. He has worked with, advised
and consulted with hundreds of financial
institutions, corporations and government
agencies around the world.
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