Rank |
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Name |
Title |
Category |
1 | | Thomas Donilon | National Security Adviser |
Policy
Intelligence
War
Homeland Security
Top10 |
2 | | Leon Panetta | Secretary of Defense |
Money
Policy
Intelligence
War
Homeland Security
Top10 |
3 | | Hillary Clinton | Secretary of State |
Policy
War
Intelligence
Opinion shapers
Top10 |
4 | | John Brennan | Deputy national security adviser for Homeland Security and counterterrorism |
Policy
Homeland Security
War
Intelligence
Top10 |
5 | | Mike Vickers | Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence |
Policy
Special Ops
Intelligence
War
Top10 |
6 | | Navy Adm. William McRaven | Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command |
Special Ops
War
Policy
Navy
Uniformed Services
Top10 |
7 | | Army Gen. Martin Dempsey | Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
Policy
War
Money
Homeland Security
Top10
Uniformed Services |
8 | | Ashton Carter | Deputy Secretary of Defense |
Policy
Top10
War
Industry |
9 | | Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford | Outgoing assistant Marine Corps commandant; incoming commander, International Security Assistance Force |
Marines
Policy
Money
War
Uniformed Services
Top10 |
10 | | Andrew Marshall | Director of the Office of Net Assessment |
Policy
Top10
Homeland Security
Intelligence
Opinion shapers |
11 | | Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
Policy
War
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines |
12 | | Bob Hale | Pentagon comptroller |
Money
War
Policy |
13 | | The Congressional Gang of Eight | |
Money
Policy
War
Congress |
14 | | Steve Kosiak | Associate director, Office of Management and Budget |
War
Money
Policy |
15 | | Rep. Mike Rogers | Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence |
Congress
Intelligence
War
Policy
Money |
16 | | Sen. John Kerry | Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
Congress
Policy
Opinion shapers |
17 | | Army Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn | Director, Defense Intelligence Agency |
Intelligence
War
Special Ops
Money
Policy
Uniformed Services |
18 | | Navy Adm. Samuel Locklear | Commander, U.S. Pacific Command |
War
Policy
Money
Navy
Cyber |
19 | | Army Gen. Keith Alexander | Director, National Security Agency; chief, Central Security Service; commander, U.S. Cyber Command, |
Industry
Policy
Cyber
Army
Uniformed Services |
20 | | James Clapper | Director of National Intelligence |
Intelligence
Policy
Money |
21 | | The New Three Amigos | |
Congress
Money
Policy |
22 | | Marine Gen. James Mattis | Commander, U.S. Central Command |
War
Policy
Marines
Money
Uniformed Services |
23 | | Kurt Campbell | Assistant Secretary of State, East Asian and Pacific affairs |
Policy
Pacific |
24 | | Mark Lippert | Assistant Secretary of Defense Asian and Pacific Security Affairs |
Pacific
Policy |
25 | | Susan Rice | U.S. ambassador to the U.N.; potential national security adviser pick |
Policy |
26 | | Bob Simmons | Staff director, House Armed Services Committee |
Congress
Money
Policy |
27 | | Doug Bush | Minority staff member, House Armed Services Committee |
Congress
Money
Policy |
28 | | Richard DeBobes | Staff director, Senate Armed Services Committee |
Congress
Money
Policy |
29 | | Rep. Joe Wilson | Chairman, House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee |
Congress
Money
War |
30 | | Frank Kendall | Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics |
Policy
Money
Industry |
31 | | Congress' Naval Analysts | |
Congress
Opinion shapers
Money
Navy |
32 | | Rep. Randy Forbes | House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee |
Congress
Money
Veterans
Navy |
33 | | The Wise Men & a Lady | |
Policy
Opinion shapers
Money |
34 | | Marine Corps Gen. John Allen | ISAF commander |
Marines
War
Money
Uniformed Services |
35 | | Robert Work | Undersecretary of the Navy |
Navy
Policy
Money |
36 | | Sean Stackley | Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development Policy |
Navy
Policy
Money |
37 | | Brett Lambert | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy |
Policy
Industry
Money |
38 | | Navy Adm. (ret.) Mike Mullen | Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs |
Opinion shapers
Navy
Policy |
39 | | Marine Gen. (ret.) James Cartwright | Former vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff |
Opinion shapers
Policy
Marines
Cyber |
40 | | Army Lt. Gen. Daniel Bolger | Commander, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan and Combined Security Transition Command |
War
Army
Policy
Uniformed Services |
41 | | Andrew Krepinevich | President of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments |
Opinion shapers
Policy |
42 | | Former Sen. Chuck Hagel | Atlantic Council chairman |
Opinion shapers
Policy
Veterans |
43 | | John Hamre | President, Center for Strategic and International Studies |
Opinion shapers
Policy |
44 | | Richard Danzig | Chairman, Center for a New American Security |
Opinion shapers
Policy |
45 | | Rudy deLeon | Senior vice president, national security and international policy, Center forAmerican Progress |
Opinion shapers
Policy |
46 | | Coast Guard Adm. Robert Papp | Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard |
Homeland Security
Money
Coast Guard |
47 | | Army Gen. Lloyd Austin | Army vice chief of staff; slated to become CENTCOM commander |
Army
Money
Policy
War
Uniformed Services |
48 | | Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan | Program executive officer, for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office |
Air Force
Industry
Marines
Navy
Uniformed Services |
49 | | Army Gen. Charles Jacoby | Commander, U.S. Northern Command |
Homeland Security
Army
Money
Uniformed Services |
50 | | Marine Gen. John Kelly | Commander, U.S. Southern Command |
Homeland Security
Marines
Money
Navy
Uniformed Services |
51 | | Jim McNerney | Chairman and CEO, Boeing |
Industry
Policy
Money
Opinion shapers |
52 | | Army Lt. Gen. Robert Lennox | Principal deputy director of CAPE, the Pentagon’s cost assessment and program evaluation office |
Money
Army
Policy |
53 | | Rep. Jeff Miller | Chairman, House Veterans Affairs Committee |
Congress
Veterans
Policy |
54 | | Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond Chandler | Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army |
Army
Policy
War
Uniformed Services |
55 | | Sen. Patty Murray | Chairwoman, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee |
Veterans
Congress
Money
Policy |
56 | | Bill Swanson | Chairman and CEO, Raytheon |
Industry
Opinion shapers
Policy
Money |
57 | | Arnold Punaro | CEO of Punaro Group, member of Defense Business Board |
Industry
Opinion shapers
Policy
Money |
58 | | William Cohen | Former defense secretary and senator |
Congress |
59 | | Mike Bayer | Former chairman, Defense Business Board |
Opinion shapers
Industry
Money |
60 | | Army Pfc. Bradley Manning | Charged with leaking classified material to WikiLeaks |
Intelligence
Opinion shapers
Policy |
61 | | Elon Musk | Founder and CEO of SpaceX |
Opinion shapers
Policy |
62 | | Air Force Gen. (ret.) Michael Hayden | Former CIA director |
Opinion shapers
Cyber
Intelligence |
63 | | Marion Blakey | President, AIA; Stan Soloway, Professional Services Council |
Industry
Opinion shapers
Policy |
64 | | Sean O'Keefe | Chairman and CEO, of EADS North America |
Industry
Opinion shapers
Policy
Money |
65 | | Pierre Chao | Renaissance Strategic Advisors |
Industry |
66 | | Army Maj. Gen. HR McMaster | Commander, Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning |
Opinion shapers
Army
Policy
War
Uniformed Services |
67 | | Marillyn Hewson | President and COO, Lockheed |
Air Force
Industry
Money |
68 | | Air-Sea Battle strategy architects | |
Industry
Policy
Pacific
Navy
Air Force
War |
69 | | John Goodman | COO, Accenture Federal Services, chairman, Defense Business Board |
Industry
Opinion shapers
Money |
70 | | Michèle Flournoy | Co-founder, Center for New American Security |
Opinion shapers
Policy
War |
71 | | Army Gen. (ret.) Gordon Sullivan | President, Association of the United States Army; former Army chief of staff |
Industry
Opinion shapers |
72 | | Wes Bush | CEO, Northrop Grumman |
Opinion shapers
Money
Policy
Industry |
73 | | Industry Gray Beards | |
Army
Veterans
Policy |
74 | | Dov and Roger Zakheim | Defense advisers |
Opinion shapers
Congress
Policy |
75 | | Gordon Adams | Defense analyst |
Industry
Opinion shapers
Policy |
76 | | Wall Street Money Men | |
Industry
Opinion shapers
Money |
77 | | Todd Harrison | Budget expert, CSBA |
Money
Opinion shapers |
78 | | David Berteau | Director, international security program, CSIS |
Opinion shapers
Industry |
79 | | Eliot Cohen | Director, Strategic Studies Program, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies |
Opinion shapers
Industry |
80 | | Loren Thompson | CEO, Lexington Institute |
Opinion shapers
Industry |
81 | | Air Force Gen. C Robert Kehler | Commander, U.S. Strategic Command |
Opinion shapers
Policy
Congress
Uniformed Services
Air Force |
82 | | Chris Preble | Vice president defense and foreign policy studies, Cato Institute |
Opinion shapers
Money |
83 | | Army Col. Pete Newell | Director, Rapid Equipping Force |
Opinion shapers
Money
Army
War
Uniformed Services |
84 | | Air Force Gen. William Fraser | Commander, U.S. Transportation Command |
Air Force
Pacific
Money
War |
85 | | Retired Army Gen. (ret.) Peter Chiarelli | Former Vice Chief of Staff |
War
Army
Veterans |
86 | | Paul Rieckhoff | CEO and founder, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America |
Opinion shapers
Veterans
Money |
87 | | Steve Strobridge | Director of government relations, Military Officers Association of America |
Opinion shapers
Veterans |
88 | | Frank Hoffman | Research expert, National Defense University |
Opinion shapers
Policy |
89 | | Army Gen. David Rodriguez | Commander, U.S. Army Forces Command, nominated to head U.S. Africa Command |
Army
Opinion shapers
War
Uniformed Services |
90 | | Linda Hudson | CEO, BAE North America |
Industry
Money |
91 | | Navy Adm. James Stavridis | Commander, U.S. European Command; NATO supreme allied commander in Europe |
Policy
Money
Navy
Uniformed Services |
92 | | Peter Singer | Senior fellow, Brookings Institution |
Industry
Opinion shapers |
93 | | Phebe Novakovic | President & COO, General Dynamics |
Intelligence
Opinion shapers
Cyber |
94 | | Tom Captain | Vice chairman, Aerospace & Defense Leader for Deloitte |
Industry |
95 | | Mikey Weinstein | Founder of Military Religious Freedom Foundation |
Opinion shapers |
96 | | Barry Blechman | Co-founder of the Stimson Center |
Opinion shapers
Policy |
97 | | Larry Korb | Senior, fellow Center for American Progress |
Opinion shapers
Policy |
98 | | Mackenzie Eaglen | Scholar, American Enterprise Institute |
Opinion shapers
Policy |
99 | | Dawn Halfaker | President, Wounded Warrior Project |
Veterans |
100 | | Army Gen. (ret.) David Petraeus | Former CIA director and former ISAF commander |
Army
Intelligence
War
Policy |