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• President Jimmy Carter
    Thirty-ninth President of the United States
Note: Ford will be unable to attend, as earlier planned

• President Gerald Ford
    Thirty-eighth president of the United States

• Rudolph Giuliani
    Former mayor of New York City and recipient of the first annual Dole Leadership Prize

• Condoleezza Rice
    National Security Advisor

• Sen. George McGovern
    Former senator and 1972 Democratic Party presidential nominee

• Rep. Jack Kemp
    Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and 1996 Republican Party vice presidential candidate

• Tom Hanks
    Academy Award-winning actor
Note: There have been conflicting reports whether Hanks is coming to attend the events

• Tom Brokaw
   Anchor and managing editor for "NBC Nightly News"

• Bill Kurtis
   Journalist

• Sen. Sam Brownback
   Senior senator representing Kansas

• Sen. Pat Roberts
    Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Rep. Jerry Moran
    U.S. Representative for the First District of Kansas

• Rep. Jim Ryun
    U.S. Representative for the Second District of Kansas

• Rep. Dennis Moore
    U.S. Representative for the Third District of Kansas

• Rep. Todd Tiahrt
    U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Kansas

• Sen. Nancy Kassebaum-Baker
    Former U.S. senator from Kansas

• Gov. Kathleen Sebelius
   Governor of Kansas

• Robert Hemenway
    16th Chancellor of the University of Kansas

• Richard Norton Smith
    Dole Institute director