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Dan Senor, Former Bush Administration foreign policy advisor, based in Iraq (2003, 2004) Currently founding partner of Rosemont Capital, a global private equity firm; and Fox News Middle East Analyst

John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate.com and author of "On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star."

Nancy Youssef, Pentagon correspondent, McClatchy newspapers

Karen Tumulty, reporter, "Time" magazine

Derek Chollet, senior fellow, Center for a New America Security; author, "The Road to the Dayton Accords: A Study of American Statecraft."

Kori Schake, foreign policy adviser to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign

Pam Spencer Holley, past president of the Young Adult Library Services Association and author of the six-volume series "What Do Children and Young Adults Read Next?"

Jack Zipes, Professor of English and Director of the Children's Literature Program at the University of Minnesota and author of the introduction to the Modern Library Classics edition of "Anne of Green Gables."

Jennifer Holm, a two-time Newbery Honor winner and a New York Times bestselling children's author. Her books include "Our Only May Amelia," "Penny From Heaven," and the "Babymouse" graphic novel series.