William Daley, White House Chief of Staff (2011-2012), US Secretary of Commerce (1997-2000) Newt Gingrich, 58th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States (1995-1999)
Remarks: Hannes Swoboda, Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the EP Elmar Brok, Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs; Member of the Bureau, Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
John Tefft
Ambassador to Ukraine (2009-2013), 15th YES Annual Meeting, 2018
«Russia still has to become a modern nation. It still hasn’t made the fundamental decisions to determine whether it’s going to be a part of the international community or whether it’s going to try to be an imperial power and attack its neighbors, and take their land.»