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April 5

• Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, former commander of U.S. Central Command
• Democratic Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland
• Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who heads the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
• A panel with Amy Walter, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report; David Sanger, a White House and national security correspondent at The New York Times; and Jeff Mason, a White House correspondent at Bloomberg
• Jared Isaacman, NASA administrator

March 29

• Tom Homan, Trump administration border czar 
• Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut 
• Jerome Adams, former U.S. Surgeon General 
• Iran policy analyst Karim Sadjadpour and former CENTCOM commander and CBS News contributor and retired Gen. Frank McKenzie 

March 22

• Mike Waltz, U.S. ambassdor to the United Nations 
• NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
• Rep. Jason Crow, Democrat of Colorado
• International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi 
• Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, Roger Carstens and Neda Sharghi  

March 15

• Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi
• Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia
• National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett
• Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Republican of Texas 
• Former CIA executive and operative Jonathan Gannon, CBS News national security contributor and Biden administration top counterterrorism official Sam Vinograd and energy policy expert and analyst Kevin Book

March 8

• Energy Secretary Chris Wright
• Michael Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S.
• Robert Costa,  CBS national correspondent and chief Washington analyst 
• Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia
• Olga Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S.

March 1

• Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas 
• Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut
• Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio
• Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas
• Karim Sadjadpour from the Carnegie Endownment for international peace and former CENTCOM commander and CBS News contributor Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie 

Feb. 22

• Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi 
• U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer 
• Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank president
• Govs. Laura Kelly of Kansas, Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Mike Braun of Indiana and Mike DeWine of Ohio

Feb. 15

• Tom Homan, Trump administration border czar 
• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York
• Rep. Robert Garcia, Democrat of California 
• Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina

Feb. 8

• Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia 
• Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas 
• David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research and a CBS News election law contributor
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner

Feb. 1

• Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
• Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas 
• Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn 
• Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt; Mesa, Arizona Mayor Mark Freeman; Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas; and Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins

Jan. 25

• Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara
• House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican
• Sen. Angus King, a Maine independent
• Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman

Jan. 18

• Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
• Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
• Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia
• GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio 

Jan. 11

• Rep. Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota 
• Secretary of Energy Chris Wright 
• Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia
• Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, Republican of Florida 

Jan. 4

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio
• Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas 
• Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut 
• Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland