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Author, 20-Year Hardball anchor; Professor of American Politics and Media, Fulbright University Vietnam
Professor of Political Science, Director of Freeman Spogli Institute & Hoover Senior Fellow all at Stanford University. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 2012-2014.
President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations, author of "Home & Away" (on Substack), and co-host of "Alternate Shots," the podcast.
Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First.
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Trita Parsi is the Executive VP of the Quincy Institute and an award-winning author. Washingtonian Magazine has named him one of the 25 most influential voices on foreign policy. Noam Chomsky calls him "one of the most distinguished scholars on Iran"
I am the CEO and founder of The Nevada Independent, a 501c3 nonprofit news site. I have been a journalist in Nevada for more than 40 years.
2 x #1 NYT-bestselling author, senior political reporter at NBC News, retired amateur pitcher
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Susan Page is the Washington Bureau chief of USA TODAY and the author of four books, including "The Queen and Her Presidents," published by Harper in April 2026.
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