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December 29, 2019

• Ivanka Trump, Adviser to the President @IvankaTrump
• Sen. Chris Coons, D - Delaware @ChrisCoons
• Sen. James Lankford, R - Oklahoma @SenatorLankford
• Nancy Cordes, CBS News Chief Congressional Correspondent @nancycordes
• Major Garrett, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent @MajorCBS
• Jeff Pegues, CBS News Chief Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent @jeffpeguescbs
• Paula Reid, CBS News White House Correspondent @PaulaReidCBS
• Jan Crawford, CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent @JanCBS
• David Martin, CBS News Chief National Security Correspondent @CBSDavidMartin

December 22, 2019

• Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri (@RoyBlunt) Intelligence Committee

• Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland (@ChrisVanHollen)
  
• Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota (@amyklobuchar)
  
• Mark Galli, Editor in chief, Christianity Today (@markgalli)
• Ramesh Ponnuru (@paynedc) of the National Review
• Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) of The New York Times, CBS News Political Analyst
• Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) of the Washington Post
• David Sanger (@SangerNY) of The New York Times

December 15, 2019

• Sen. Lindsey Graham, R - South Carolina, @LindseyGrahamSC
  
• Sen. Dick Durbin, D - Illinois, @SenatorDurbin
  
• Robert Lighthizer, U.S. Trade Representative, @USTradeRep
• Anthony Salvanto - CBS News Elections & Surveys Director, @SalvantoCBS
  

• Panelists: Dan Balz, Kelsey Snell, Edward Wong, David French

December 8, 2019

• Rep. Adam Schiff, Intelligence Committee Chair, @RepAdamSchiff
• Rep. Mark Meadows, R - North Carolina, @RepMarkMeadows
• Robert O'Brien, National Security Adviser 
• Neal Katyal, "Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump", @neal_katyal

• Panelists: Josh Holmes, Julie Pace, Adam Entous, Ed O'Keefe,

December 1, 2019

• Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, (@CoryBooker)
• David Rubenstein, "The American Story: Conversations With Master Historians"
• Michael Duffy, "The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity"
• Susan Page, USA Today, "Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Arc of Power" (@SusanPage)
• Jon Meacham, "The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels" (@jmeacham)
• Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, "Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh And The Conservative Takeover" (@RuthMarcus)

• Panelists: Amy Walter, Jeffrey Goldberg, Jamal Simmons, Ben Domenech

November 24, 2019

• Kellyanne Conway, White House counselor @KellyannePolls
• Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut (@jahimes)
• Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, @RepArmstrongND
• Jonathan Turley, CBS News Legal Analyst (@JonathanTurley)
• Kim Wehle, CBS News Legal Analyst (@kim_wehle)
• Paula Reid, CBS News White House Correspondent (@PaulaReidCBS)
• Panelists: Joel Payne, Susan Page, Rich Lowry, Toluse Olorunnipa

November 17, 2019

• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi)
• Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio (@Jim_Jordan), Intelligence Committee
• Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, (@RepMikeQuigley), Intelligence Committee 
• Panelists: Ed O'Keefe, Rachael Bade, Ramesh Ponnuru , Molly Ball 

November 10, 2019

• National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien (Read more)
• Sen. John Kennedy (Read More)
• Rep. Eric Swalwell (Read More)
• Panelists: Stephen Hayes, Margaret Talev, Jeffrey Goldberg, Antjuan Seawright

November 3, 2019

• House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Read more)
• House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer  (Read more)
• Rep. Jackie Speier  (Read more)

• Panelists: David Drucker, David Nakamura, Nancy Cordes, John Hudson

October 27, 2019

• Vice President Mike Pence (Read more)
• Sen. Amy Klobuchar, (Read More)
• Former Rep. Trey Gowdy, (Read More)
• Susan Rice, Former National Security Adviser, (Read More)
• David Martin, CBS News National Security Correspondent 
  
• Holly Williams, CBS News Foreign Correspondent 
  
• Michael Morell, Former CIA Deputy Directo and CBS News Senior National Security Contributor and Admiral James Winnefeld (Ret.) Former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Read more)

October 20, 2019

• Representative Jim Himes (read more)
• Representative Will Hurd (read more)
  
• Retired General Raymond "Tony" Thomas (read more)
  
• Michael Morell and William Burns (read more)
• Panelists Susan Davis, Jamal Simmons, Michael Steel and Paula Reid 

October 13, 2019

• Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (read more)
• Representative Adam Schiff (read more)
  
• Senator Ted Cruz (read more)
  
• Representative Adam Kinzinger (read more)
• CBS News' Elections and Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto (read more)
• Panelists: Toluse Olorunnipa, Gerald Seib and Amy Walter 

October 6, 2019

• Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri
• Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut,
• Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Eliot Engel, D-New York
• Bob Woodward and Peter Baker
• Panelists: Ramesh Ponnuru, Susan Page, Julie Hirschfeld Davis Jamelle Bouie 

September 29, 2019

• Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
  
• Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.
• Rudy Giuliani
  
• Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas
• Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala.
• Panelists: Paula Reid, Michael Morell, Rachael Bade, Adam Entous 

September 22, 2019

• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
  
• Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
• Former Secretary of State John Kerry
• Panelists: Ben Domenech, Radhika Jones, David Sanger, Lanhee Chen

September 15, 2019

• Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
  
• Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
• Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli
  
• Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  
• Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power
  
• CBS News Climate & Weather Contributor Jeff Berardelli

September 8, 2019

• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
• Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis 
  
• Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.
  
• Garrett Graff, "The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11"
  
• CBS News Elections & Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto
  
• CBS News Foreign Correspondent Charlie D'Agata in Kabul, Afghanistan
• Panelists: Jamal Simmons, David Frum, Michael Crowley and Laura Barron-Lopez

September 1, 2019

• Homeland Security Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan
• 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate Beto O'Rourke
  
• Former FEMA Administrator Brock Long
  
• CBS This Morning Lead National Correspondent David Begnaud
  
• CBS News Climate & Weather Contributor Jeff Berardelli
  
• CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassmann
  
• CBS News Correspondent Holly Williams
  
• Panelists: David Nakamura, Salena Zito, Sahil Kapur and Shane Harris

August 25, 2019

• National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow
  
• Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
  
• 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
• President & CEO of Business Roundtable Joshua Bolten
  
• CBS News Elections and Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto
  
• Panelists: Michael Graham, Anne Gearan and Joshua Johnson

August 18, 2019

• Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V.
• White House trade adviser Peter Navarro
  
• 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang
• CBS News Asia Correspondent Ramy Inocencio
• CBS News Correspondent Seth Doane
• Panelists: Nancy Youssef, Dan Balz, Antjuan Seawright, Leslie Sanchez

August 11, 2019

• Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
• House Republican Whip Steve Scalise 
• Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. 
• Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo. 
  
• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
• Panelists: Ed O'Keefe, Shawna Thomas and Gerald Seib

August 4, 2019

• Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio
• Beto O'Rourke
• Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas
  
• Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.
  
• CBS News Correspondent Janet Shamlian
  
• CBS News Correspondent Dean Reynolds
  
• Panelists: Susan Page, Amy Walter, Jeffrey Goldberg and David Nakamura

July 28, 2019

• Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney
• Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va.
• 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate Julián Castro
• 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson
• CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin
• Panelists: Michael Crowley, Eliana Johnson, Joel Payne, and Ed O'Keefe

July 21, 2019

• Vice President Mike Pence and CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett
• Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
• Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
• Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.
• CBS News Elections and Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto and CBS News Political Correspondent Ed O'Keefe
• Panelists: Rachael Bade, Lanhee Chen, Jamelle Bouie, Paula Reid

July 14, 2019

• Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan
  
• Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
  
• Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson
  
• NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
  
• Historian Douglas Brinkley, author of "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race"
  
• Panelists: Ben Domenech, Toluse Olorunnipa, and Kelsey Snell

July 7, 2019

• Ken Cuccinelli, Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
  
• Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.
  
• 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate John Delaney
• Glen Johnson, author of "Window Seat on the World"
  
• Panelists: Jamelle Bouie, Susan Page, Michael Gerson, and David Nakamura

June 30, 2019

• National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow
• Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
  
• 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
  
• 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate Beto O'Rourke
  

• CBS News White House Correspondent Weijia Jiang
• Former CIA Deputy Director and CBS News Senior National Security Contributor Michael Morell and Jean Lee, Director of the Korea Center at The Wilson Center

• Panelists: Edward Wong, Shannon Pettypiece, Ramesh Ponnuru, and Antjuan Seawright

June 23, 2019

• Vice President Mike Pence
• Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
• Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif.
• Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash.
• Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas
• Panelists: Salena Zito and Jamal Simmons

June 16, 2019

• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
  
• Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.
• Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
  
• South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, D-Ind.
  
• CBS News Elections & Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto
  
• Panelists: Amy Walter, Leslie Sanchez, and Antjuan Seawright

June 9, 2019

• Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.
• Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
• Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Mont.
• Mexican Ambassador Martha Bárcena Coqui
• Panelists: Karen Tumulty, David Nakamura, Mark Landler and Kelsey Snell

June 2, 2019

• Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia
  
• Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana
  
• Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V.
  
• British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt
  
• Panelists: Jan Crawford, Jamal Simmons, Susan Page, and Ramesh Ponnuru

May 26, 2019

• Beto O'Rourke
  
• Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas
• Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc.
• Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.
  
• Panelists: Ed O'Keefe, Joel Payne, and Molly Ball

May 19, 2019

• Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan
• Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
• Author David Maraniss
  
• Panelists: Peter Baker, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Jamelle Bouie, and Edward Wong

May 12, 2019

• Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
• Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.
  
• Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates
  
• Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson
  
• Panelists: Susan Glasser and David Nakamura

May 5, 2019

• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
  
• Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
• Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga.
• Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif.
• Panelists: Byron York, Shawna Thomas, Michael Crowley, and Rachael Bade

April 28, 2019

• Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
  
• Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La.
• Trump Campaign Manager Brad Parscale
• Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
• CBS News Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti
• Panelists: Lanhee Chen, Jamal Simmons, Amy Walter, and Mark Landler

April 21, 2019

• Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. 
• Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah
• Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.
• Book panel: Lynne Olson, Susan Page, Evan Thomas
• Robert Caro
• CBS News Senior Foreign Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer

April 7, 2019

• Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y.
• Rudy Giuliani
  
• Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio
• Larry Kudlow
• Panelists: Ben Domenech, David Nakamura, Molly Ball and Amy Walter

March 31, 2019

• Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont
• Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida
• 2020 Panelists: Ed O'Keefe, Jamal Simmons, Caitlin Huey-Burns, and Jamelle Bouie
• Political Panelists: Jamelle Bouie, Jonah Goldberg, Anna Palmer, and Kelsey Snell

March 24, 2019

• Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. 
• Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio
• Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
• Panelists: Susan Davis, Ed O'Keefe, Jonathan Turley, Paula Reid
• Retired Gen. John Allen, president of the Brookings Institution
• Charlie D'Agata, CBS News foreign correspondent

March 17, 2019

• Mick Mulvaney, acting White House chief of staff
• Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.
• Preet Bharara, former U.S. attorney and author of "Doing Justice"
• Ed O'Keefe, CBS News political correspondent
• Panelists: Jamal Simmons, Amy Walter, Ramesh Ponnuru, Mark Landler
• James Brown, CBS News special correspondent

March 10, 2019

• Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. 
• Ed O'Keefe, CBS News political correspondent
• Sen. John Kennedy, R-La.
• John Hickenlooper, former governor of Colorado
• Andrew McCabe, former FBI deputy director
• William Burns, former deputy secretary of state
• Panelists: David Frum, Susan Glasser, Toluse Olorunnipa, and Gerald Seib

March 3, 2019

• John Bolton, White House national security adviser
• Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
• Charlie D'Agata, CBS News correspondent
• Hoda Muthana, 24-year-old former "ISIS bride"
• Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala.
  
• Panelists: Jeffrey Goldberg, Paula Reid, David Sanger, David Nakamura

February 24, 2019

• Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. 
• Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass. 
• Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., and Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Wash.
• Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.
• Panelists: Ben Domenech, Susan Page, Jamal Simmons, Edward Wong
• Seth Doane, CBS News correspondent

February 17, 2019

• Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. 
• Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.
• Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas
• Panelists: Rachael Bade, David Nakamura, Leslie Sanchez, and Eugene Scott
• Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, author of "Beyond Charlottesville"

February 10, 2019

• Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va.
• Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va.
• Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va.
• Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C.
• Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs
• Panelists: Jamelle Bouie, Jonah Goldberg, Margaret Talev, and Ed O'Keefe

February 3, 2019  

• President Donald Trump 
• James Brown, CBS News special correspondent 
• Panelists: Jason Gay, Dana Jacobson, and Jarrett Bell 

January 27, 2019 

• Mick Mulvaney, acting White House chief of staff 
• Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine 
• Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. 
• Panelists: Ramesh Ponnuru, Molly Ball, David Sanger, Shawna Thomas 
• Mayors Michael Passero and Dee Margo 

January 20, 2019 

• Vice President Mike Pence 
• Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. 
• Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. 
  
• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. 
• Charlie D'Agata, CBS News foreign correspondent 
  
• Brett McGurk, former special presidential envoy 
• Jason Rezaian, author of "Prisoner"

January 13, 2019 

• Mike Pompeo, secretary of state
• Kevin McCarthy, House minority leader
• Julián Castro, Democratic presidential candidate 
  
• Jeh Johnson, former homeland security secretary 
• Panelists: Michael Crowley, Jeffrey Goldberg, David Nakamura, Seung Min Kim

January 6, 2019 

• Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
• Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
  
• Reps. Colin Allred, D-Texas; Jahana Hayes, D-Conn.; Max Rose, D-N.Y.; and Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J.
• Panelists: Dan Balz, Ed O'Keefe, Shannon Pettypiece, Mark Landler