| 2008 |
General Jack Keane, U.S. Army (Ret.) |
| 2007 |
Senator Joe Lieberman |
| 2006 |
The Honorable Duncan Hunter |
| 2005 |
Senator James Inhofe |
| 2004 |
General Peter Pace, USMC |
| 2003 |
Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz |
| 2002 |
Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF |
| 2001 |
James R. Schlesinger |
| 2000 |
Rep. Floyd D. Spence |
| 1999 |
General James L. Jones, USMC |
| 1998 |
Donald H. Rumsfeld |
| 1997 |
Rep. Christopher Cox |
| 1996 |
Rep. Newt Gingrich |
| 1995 |
Ronald Reagan |
| 1994 |
Senator Jon Kyl |
| 1993 |
Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes, Jr. |
| 1992 |
Malcolm Wallop |
| 1991 |
Garry Kasparov |
| 1990 |
Caspar Weinberger |
