Distinguished Speakers

When you attend an academic seminar at The Washington Center, you’ll do much more than read books and sit in a classroom. Washington, D.C., offers myriad opportunities to learn from the people and the institutions that affect the very issues you’ll be studying.

Over the course of the seminar, you’ll get to interact with the men and women who are shaping national policy, leading international discussions and making news. In the past, speakers have included:

• Juan Zarate, Fmr. Deputy, National Security Advisor for Counterterrorism [ Watch His Speech ] [1]
• Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff [ Watch His Speech ] [2]
• Mickey Edwards, Fmr. Congressman from Oklahoma [ Watch His Speech ] [3]
• Ed Gillespie, Fmr. RNC Chairman [ Watch His Speech ] [4]
• Juan Williams, NPR News Analyst [ Watch His Speech ] [5]
• Brian Lamb, C-SPAN Founder [ Watch This Video ] [5]
• Ann Compton, ABC News
• Charlie Cook, Cook Political Report
• Andrea Mitchell, ABC News
• Sam Donaldson, ABC News
• Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
• Chuck Hagel (R-NE), U.S. Senate
• Ted Koppel, ABC News
• Dana Perino, White House Press Secretary
• Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court
• Bob Schieffer, CBS News
• Bob Woodward, The Washington Post
• Ambassador Nabil Fahmy, Arab Republic of Egypt
• Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
• Mike McCurry, Fmr. White House Press Secretary