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Nov. 17, 2024

  • Rep. French Hill, Republican of Arkansas
  • Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut
  • Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat 
  • Sue Gordon, principal deputy director of National Intelligence in first Trump administration
  • Dr. Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator in first Trump administration

Nov. 10, 2024

  • Sen. Bill Hagerty, Republican of Tennessee
  • White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan 
  • Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California
  •  Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari
  • Karen Pierce, British ambassador to the U.S. 

Nov. 3, 2024

  • Sen. Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida 
  • Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Democrat of Nevada
  • CBS News director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto
  • David Becker, Samantha Vinograd and Chris Krebs

Oct. 27

  • GOP vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, Republican of Ohio
  • Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming 
  • CBS News director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto
  • Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Al Schmidt

Oct. 20

  • Sen. Raphael Warnock, Democrat of Georgia
  • Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger 
  • Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson
  • Rep. Mike Lawler, Republican of New York
  • Paul Whelan, Marine veteran freed in prisoner swap with Russia

Oct. 13

  • House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana
  • Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
  • Rep. Maxwell Frost, Democrat of Florida
  • Anthony Salvanto, CBS News director of elections and surveys

Oct. 6

  • House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio
  • Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona 
  • Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina 
  • Catherine Russell, executive director of UNICEF 
  • Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie

Sept. 29

  • Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas 
  • Retired Army General Stanley McChrystal 
  • FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell 
  • Retired Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, former National Security Adviser 
  • Larry Hogan, former Maryland governor

Sept. 22

  • Anthony Salvanto, CBS News director of elections and surveys
  • Sen. Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida
  • Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, Democrat of Pennsylvania
  • Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat
  • Isaac Herzog, president of Israel 

Sept. 15

  • Republican vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio
  • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat
  • Gary Cohn, former director of the U.S. National Economic Council
  • David Becker, Center of Election Innovation and Research executive director and CBS contributor, and Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and CBS News cybersecurity expert and analyst 

Sept. 8

  • Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. 
  • North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper 
  • House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas
  • Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut

Sept. 1

  • Jonathan Dekel-Chen
  • Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey
  • Sean O'Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  • Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas 
  • David Becker, Center of Election Innovation and Research executive director 

Aug. 25

  • Michael Herzog, Israeli ambassador to the U.S.   
  • H.R. McMaster, former National Security Adviser  
  • Rep. Summer Lee, Democrat of Pennsylvania  
  • Rep. Pat Ryan, Democrat of New York
  • Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt 
  • Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner  

Aug. 18

  • Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of elections and surveys
  • Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona
  • Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat 
  • House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio
  • Austan Goolsbee, president and CEO of the federal reserve bank of Chicago
  • Anne Milgram, Drug Enforcement Administration administrator

Aug. 11

  • Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio
  • Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly
  • Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie, former commander for U.S. Central Command
  • Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan

Aug. 4

  • Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas
  • UAW president Shawn Fain
  • Deputy national security adviser Jon Finer
  • Wall Street Journal assistant editor Paul Beckett

July 28

  • Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina
  • House Foreign Affairs Commitee chair Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas
  • Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland
  • Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

July 21

  • House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio
  • Sen. Joe Manchin, Demcorat of West Virginia
  • Rep. Dean Phillips, Democrat of Minnesota
  • Biden campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond
  • Robert Kagan, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an editor at large for The Washington Post, and Fiona Hill, former top official on the National Security Council

July 14

  • CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane
  • CBS News homeland security reporter Nicole Sganga
  • Ed O'Keefe, CBS News senior White House and political correspondent, and Robert Costa, CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent
  • Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas
  • Rep. Jason Crow, Democrat of Coloardo
  • Sam Vinograd, CBS News national security contributor and former Homeland Security official, and A.T. Smith, CBS News contributor and former Secret Service deputy director
  • CBS News cybersecurity expert Chris Krebs

July 7

  • Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina
  • NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
  • Democratic strategists and CBS News contributors Ashley Etienne and Joel Payne 
  • CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes, Wall Street Journal senior political correspondent Molly Ball and New York Times chief Washington correspondent Carl Hulse

June 30

  • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat 
  • Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, a Republican
  • CBS News correspondents Major Garrett and Jan Crawford
  • Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, a Democrat
  • UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell 

June 23

  • New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat   
  • Former national security adviser Robert O'Brien  
  • Former CIA deputy director and CBS News contributor Michael Morell   

June 16

  • House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio
  • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat 
  • Neel Kashkari, Minneapolis Federal Reserve president 
  • Microsoft founder Bill Gates

June 9

  • National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan 
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina
  • Sen. Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware
  • Cindy McCain, World Food Programme executive director

June 2

  • Preet Bharara, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York  
  • North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum  
  • Scott Anderson, director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza  
  • Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie 
  • Matt Pottinger, former deputy National Security Adviser  

May 26

  • Reps. Pat Ryan, Democrat of New York, and Mike Waltz, Republican of Florida 
  • Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut
  • Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas 
  • Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg 
  • David Becker and Samantha Becker 

May 19

  • Sen. J.D. Vance, Republican of Ohio 
  • Sen. Gary Peters, Democrat of Michigan
  • Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S.
  • Chris Krebs, the former director of CISA and a CBS News cybersecurity expert and analyst
  • Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates

May 12

  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken 
  • Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas 
  • Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland 

May 5

  • South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican
  • Sen. John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania
  • Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California
  • Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan

April 28

  • Hanna Siegel, sister of Keith Siegel, who is being held hostage by Hamas
  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky 
  • Rep. Summer Lee, Democrat of Pennsylvania
  • University of Chicago political science professor Robert Pape
  • Catherine Russell, UNICEF executive director 

April 21

  • Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia and Senate Intelligence Committee chairman
  • Sen. Dan Sullivan, Republican of Alaska  
  • House Appropriations Committee chair Rep. Tom Cole, Republican of Oklahoma
  • Author David Sanger
  • Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat  

April 14

  • John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator of strategic communications
  • House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas  
  • Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona 
  • Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie, former commander of U.S. Central Command  
  • Samantha Vinograd, CBS News national security contributor and former Homeland Security official
  • Kristalina Georgieva, International Monetary Fund director  

April 7

  • John Kirby, National Security Council spokesperson  
  • Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland  
  • Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore
  • Rep. French Hill, Republican of Arkansas  
  •  Avril Benoit, Doctors Without Borders executive director, and Janti Soeripto, Save the Children president  

March 31

  • Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
  • Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott
  • House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Mike Turner 
  • World Food Programme executive director Cindy McCain
  •  Archbishop of Washington, Wilton Cardinal Gregory, and the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, the Ret. Reverend Mariann Budde  

March 24:

  • House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas
  • Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy 
  • CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa
  • Sen. Raphael Warnock, Democrat of Georgia

March 17:

  • Former Vice President Mike Pence 
  • Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland 
  • Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Democrat of Illinois, and Mike Gallagher, Republican of Wisconsin
  • Kara Swisher, author of "Burn Book"
  • UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell

March 10:

  • Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont
  • House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York
  • Sens. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, and Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida
  • IBM vice chairman Gary Cohn   

March 3

  • Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas  
  • House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Turner  
  • Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California  
  • Sen. Dan Sullivan, Republican of Alaska  
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms director Steven Dettelbach   

Feb. 25

  • Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel 
  • U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, Democat of Michigan
  • U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania, and Jared Golden, Democrat of Maine
  • Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S.   
  • Fiona Hill, former White House Russia expert  

Feb. 18:

  • GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina
  • GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina
  • CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman
  • Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina
  • Historian Douglas Brinkley and reporter and author Amie Parnes

Feb. 11:

  • 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
  • Former White House counsel Bob Bauer, President Biden's personal attorney 
  • Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut
  • CIA deputy director and CBS News senior national security contributor Michael Morell and Samantha Vinograd, former top counterterrorism official at the Department of Homeland Security, 
  • CBS News election law contributor David Becker, the founder of the Center for Election Innovation and Research
  • James Brown, host of NFL Today and CBS News special correspondent 

Feb. 4:

  • Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, independent of Arizona 
  • National security adviser Jake Sullivan 
  • House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio, and Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut
  • Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, former head of U.S. Central Command


Jan. 28

  • Sen. James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma
  • Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia
  • Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers
  • Amos Hochstein, White House envoy and top energy adviser to President Biden
  • Janti Soeripto, CEO of Save the Children

Jan. 21

  • 2024 Republican hopeful Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. 
  • Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat
  • Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican 
  • CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns and CBS News chief elections and campaign correspondent Robert Costa

Jan. 14

  • CBS News director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto
  • Ed O'Keefe, Robert Costa, Major Garrett and Cook Political Report editor Amy Walter
  • New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican
  • Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a Democrat
  • 2024 Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson
  • National Security Council spokesman John Kirby 

Jan. 7

  • House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana
  • Former Rep. Liz Cheney
  • 2024 GOP hopeful Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis 
  • Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland
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