The rest of the field is composed of governors, recycled presidential contenders (Lamar Alexander, Pat Buchanan and Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes Jr. among them) and a phalanx of current senators.

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Previous honorees include: former President Ronald Reagan (1995), Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (1996), Senator Jon Kyl (1994), Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes (1993) and former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger (1990).

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Working with Malcolm in ACT are former AFL-CIO political director Steve Rosenthal, Service Employees Union President Andy Stern and the Sierra Club's executive director, Carl Pope.

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