Sen. Joseph Biden, (D) Delaware (from Washington, DC); Sen. Richard Shelby (R) Alabama (from Washington, DC); George Mitchell, Former Senator, (D) Maine; Sen. Fred Thompson, (R) Tennessee; Mark Bowden, Author; Fareed Zakaria, International Editor, Newsweek; Barnett Rubin, Center On International Cooperation, New York University; James Hoagland, The Washington Post (from Washington, DC); William Kristol, Editor, The Weekly Standard (from Washington, DC); Bishop Thomas D. Jakes, Sr., Pastor, The Potter’s House (from Washington, DC)