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A collage of different Distinguished Speakers who have visited the McConnell Center since 1993. From left to right are…

1993-Present

US Senator Katie Britt (R-AL)

US Representative Morgan McGarvey (D-KY, 3rd)

Ambassador of Ukraine to the US Oksana Markarova

Ambassador of Australia to the US Kevin Rudd

US Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)

US Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett

US Representative John Yarmuth (D-KY, 3rd)

US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo

Australian Ambassador to the US Joe Hockey

  • Date: Oct. 22, 2019

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper

US Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)

Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer

CIA Director Gina Haspel

US Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch

  • Date: Sept. 21, 2017

US Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA)

US Senator Tim Scott (R-SC)

US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power

US Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)

US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

CIA Director David H. Petraeus

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta

US Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH)

US Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE)

US Senator Scott Brown (R-MA)

former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

US Senator John McCain (R-AZ)

US Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao

  • Date: Nov. 11, 2009

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts

US Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

  • Date: Jan. 10, 2009

Pulitzer Prize Winner for History Doris Kearns Goodwin

  • Date: Feb. 11, 2008

US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)

US President George W. Bush (R-TX)

Second Lady of the US Lynne Cheney

US Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)

US Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)

US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)

US Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT)

US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice

former US Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen

US Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)

US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)

US Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX)

US Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)

  • Date: Jan. 28, 2002

US Secretary of State Colin Powell

Pulitzer Prize Winner for Commentary George F. Will

Prime Minister of Belize Said W. Musa

  • Date: Feb. 12, 2001

US Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT)

  • Date: Nov. 13, 2000

British Ambassador to the US Christopher Meyer, KCMG

  • Date: Oct. 30, 2000

US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

  • Date: Sept. 11, 2000

US Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)

former US Secretary of Defense William J. Perry

  • Date: Jan. 31, 2000

People's Republic of China Ambassador to the US Li Zhaoxing

  • Date: Nov. 22, 1999

US Representative Anne Northup (R-KY, 3rd)

  • Date: Sept. 13, 1999

former US Secretary of State James Baker

  • Date: Oct. 26, 1998

US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright

  • Date: Oct. 27, 1997

Baron of Edmonton Thomas Edward Graham, Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Lords (Parliament of the United Kingdom)

  • Date: Sept. 19, 1996

US Senator William Bradley (D-NJ)

  • Date: Feb. 12, 1996

Arab Republic of Egypt Ambassador to the US Ahmed Maher El Sayed

  • Date: Nov. 13, 1995

US Deputy Secretary of State Nelson Strobridge Talbott

  • Date: March 20, 1995

Israeli Ambassador to the US Itamar Rabinovich

  • Date: April 25, 1994

former US Ambassador to Paraguay and El Salvador Robert White

  • Date: March 24, 1994

former US Secretary of State George Shultz