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"Most Powerful People in Washington"

Jan 18, 2012
CATEGORY: U.S.A.

This week, GQ released its list of the 50 Most Powerful People in Washington. Among the politerati is a number of Aspen Ideas speakers. Here's a rundown of Washingtonians who have spoken at the Festival. Watch these videos and see what they had to say here.

#5 Hillary Clinton spoke at our first Aspen Ideas Festival in 2005, before we were capturing speakers on video. Watch her session on C-Span.

#10 Tom Donohue

#13 Karl Rove

#16 Gene Sperling (find session audio here)

# 18 Grover Norquist

#19 Chuck Todd

# 21 Paul Ryan

# 32 Arne Duncan

#40 Mike Allen

And #34 Ezra Klein joined us in 2010 as an Aspen Ideas Scholar.