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Anti-Defamation League chief Abraham Foxman (left) and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice celebrate at a party in 2009. (Photo: Palm Beach Daily News/Lee Hershfield)

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (center), his girlfriend Diana Taylor (left), and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attend a cocktail party for Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People issue at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on May 8, 2006. All three individuals are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

Former U.S. Secretaries of State (from left to right) James A. Baker III, Condoleezza Rice, George P. Shultz, and Henry Kissinger pose for a group portrait at a party. All four individuals are (or were) members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III, left, and Baker Institute founding director Edward Djerejian welcome U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the Baker institute's 15th anniversary dinner in November 2008. All three individuals are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / HC)

Left: CNN News commentator Paula Zahn (left) appears with Vernon Jordan, the Senior Managing Director of Lazard Freres.Right: ABC journalist Barbara Walters (left) appears with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Left: Maxine Isaacs, Vernon Jordan, and Maxine Isaacs’ husband James A. Johnson attend a party.Right: NBC journalist Andrea Mitchell and her husband Alan Greenspan, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, attend a party.

Front page photo: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (left), then-NBC journalist Katie Couric (center), and U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton attend a party. Michael Bloomberg and Katie Couric are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. Hillary Rodham Clinton is not a member of the Council on Foreign Relations yet; her husband Bill Clinton is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Left: Vernon Jordan (left) and ABC journalist Barbara Walters arrive for Stephen A. Schwarzman's 60th birthday party on Park Avenue and 67th Street in New York City on February 13, 2007. (Photo by Arnaldo Magnani/Getty Images)

Right: Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation, poses with ABC journalist Barbara Walters at The Museum Of Television & Radio's Annual Gala at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on February 8, 2007. Sir Howard Stringer and Barbara Walters are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo by Donna Ward/Getty Images)

Left photo: CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl sits next to Council on Foreign Relations Chairman Peter G. Peterson at a party.Right photo: Vernon E. Jordan Jr. (left) and Condoleezza Rice (right) appear at a party together.

Vernon Jordan, Kennedy Center chairman Stephen A. Schwarzman, Christine Schwarzman, and vice-chairman of the NSO Board of Directors David Rubenstein attend a National Symphony Orchestra annual Season Opening Ball at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on September 20, 2008. Vernon Jordan, Stephen A. Schwarzman, and David Rubenstein are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.(Photo: http://www.panacheprivee.com/Web/BeSeen/NationalSymphonyOrchestra08/Opening_Ball.asp)

Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd C. Blankfein (left) and businessman Warren Buffett smile for the camera. Lloyd C. Blankfein is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/tag/lloyd-blankfein/)

Left photo: ABC journalist Barbara Walters and Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch arrive at the New York Women in Communications 2007 Matrix Awards at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on April 23, 2007. (Brad Barket /Getty Images)

Right photo: Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman and Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch attend the Simon Weisenthal Center ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on January 11, 2006. Rupert Murdoch is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

Peter M. Gottsegen, Henry Kaufman, Thomas S. Johnson, John C. Whitehead, and Henry Paulson smile for the camera at a party on September 26, 2005. All five men are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: New York Social Diary)

Rupert Murdoch (left), chairman of the board of News Corp., appears with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at a party honoring Charlie Rose in September 2011. (Photo: Media Bistro)

Eric Schmidt (left), chairman of the board of Google, appears with NBC journalist Brian Williams at a party honoring Charlie Rose in September 2011. Schmidt and Williams are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: Media Bistro)

60 Minutes correspondent Leslie Stahl and TV personality Paula Zahn attend the 25th Annual Literacy Partners' "Evening Of Readings" at Michael's Restaurant in New York City on March 4, 2009. Both women are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Paula Zahn is flanked by banker Jamie Dimon (left), Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase, and former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw (right) at a party in Manhattan. All three individuals are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Left photo: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (right) and CBS News anchor Katie Couric attend a breakfast reception at New York City's annual Women's History Month celebration at Macy's in New York City on March 1, 2007. Bloomberg and Couric are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

Right photo: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (right) and his girlfriend Diana Taylor attend the 2006 National Board Of Review Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City on January 9, 2007. Diana Taylor is the Superintendent of Banks for the State of New York. Diana Taylor and Michael Bloomberg are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.(Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)

Lisa Shields, Chris Schroeder, and Lisa Todoravitch celebrate at a party. Lisa Todoravitch is not a member of the Council on Foreign Relations yet.

Actress Sharon Stone (left), Fox News czar Rupert Murdoch (center), and actress Svetlana Metkina attend the Weinstein Company's 2007 Golden Globes After Party held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on January 15, 2007. Sharon Stone and Svetlana Metkina are not members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

Hollywood actor George Clooney, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and NBC journalist Andrea Mitchell celebrate at Bloomberg's Party in Washington D.C. Clooney is not a member of the Council on Foreign Relations yet.

United Nations Association of the United States of America Vice-Chairman John C. Whitehead presents Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie with the Global Humanitarian Award at the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) annual gala dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on October 11, 2005.(Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

Henry Kissinger socializes with a trio of U.S. News & World Report copy girls.

CBS News anchor Dan Rather is seen on the far left.“Why don’t you just assume I’m a secret swinger?” – Henry Kissinger

Nancy Kissinger smiles as Henry Kissinger talks to Marie Josee Kravis. Nancy Kissinger is not a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Left to right: Henry Kissinger, Princess Diana of Wales, and retired Army General Colin Powell attend a party in New York City on December 11, 1996. (Pool Photograph/Corbis)

From left to right: Journalist Hugh Downs, ABC journalist Barbara Walters, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and Senator John Warner appear at a black-tie function on January 1, 1994. Everyone except for Hugh Downs is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo by Dave Allocca/DMI/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw (left) stands beside then-CBS News anchor Dan Rather.

Richard Holbrooke (left), President and CEO of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, chats with Kati Marton (center), Chair of the International Women's Health Coalition, and Enzo Viscuzi of Eni Spa at the GBC/OAFLA dinner to launch the 'Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Initiative' at the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel in New York City on September 14, 2005. All three individuals are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.(Photo by Nicholas Roberts/Getty Images for Global Business Coalition)

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (left) greets FOX News Corporation founder Rupert Murdoch at the Fox News Channel 10th Anniversary celebration in New York City on October 4, 2006. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)

John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry celebrate at a party.

Henry Kissinger has a dinner with Marie-Josee Kravis. Marie-Josee Kravis and Henry Kissinger have attended the annual Bilderberg meetings together 17 times since 1989.

New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg speaks with Marie-Josee Kravis at the 39th Annual Party of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in the [Madison Square] Garden in New York City on May 15, 2007. Bloomberg and Kravis are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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CIA Director Robert Gates stands beside Senator William S. Cohen at a party.

Left: Richard C. Holbrooke (left) appears with former Senator Fred Thompson at a party.

Right: Anti-Defamation League chief Abraham Foxman and his wife Golda Foxman (second from left) appears with former CIA Director George Tenet and wife Stephanie Tenet at an ADL party. Foxman and Tenet are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Henry Kissinger shares a joke with opera singer Beverly Sills. Both Kissinger and Sills are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Gerald Ford, Henry Kissinger, unidentified, Nancy Reagan, and Ronald Reagan appear at a party in 1978. Neither the Reagans nor the unidentified man were members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Henry Kissinger appears with Hannah Pakula (left) and former President of Brown University Vartan Gregorian (right) at a party.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (left) and Henry Kissinger arrive at the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute 2006 Gold Medal Gala in New York City on November 15, 2006.

Bill Donaldson (left) and William J. McDonough smile for the camera.

Left photo: David Rockefeller appears with his sister-in-law Happy Rockefeller (left) and an unidentified woman. Happy Rockefeller is the widow of Nelson Rockefeller.

Right photo: Council on Foreign Relations members Alton Frye (left), James Steinberg (center), and Edwin Williamson are seen drinking at a party. James Steinberg is President Barack Obama’s Deputy Secretary of State.

Left: Joan Ganz Cooney, CBS correspondent Mike Wallace, and Beverly Sills appear together. Wallace is not a CFR member.Right: David Rockefeller, Bruce Levingston, and William F. Buckley Jr. celebrate at a party. Levingston is not a CFR member.

Agnes Gund, David Rockefeller, and Daniel Shapiro celebrate at a party. Daniel Shapiro is not a CFR member.

Linda Janklow (left), Barbara Walters (center), and Hannah Pakula appear at a party. Linda Janklow is not a CFR member.

Left: Sony Chairman Sir Howard Stringer stands beside Lyn Nesbit.Right: Marshall Rose stands beside ABC journalist Barbara Walters.

Left: Maria Elena Lagomasino stands beside Beverly Sills.Right: Marnie Pillsbury, David Rockefeller, and Bruce Levingston celebrate at a party. Levingston is not a CFR member.

Left photo: Robert H. Benmosche, George Soros, Thomas Russo, and Jennifer Chun attend a party. Robert H. Benmosche and George Soros are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: New York Social Diary)

Right photo: Henry Kaufman, Henry Paulson, John C. Whitehead, and Maria Bartiromo attend a party. Maria Bartiromo is not a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: New York Social Diary)

Left photo: Citigroup Chairman Sandy Weill and Joan Weill with Kathryn Chenault and American Express Co. Chairman and CEO Kenneth Chenault. Sandy Weill and Kenneth Chenault are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: New York Social Diary)

Right photo: Former U.S. Congressman Harold Ford, Emily Threlkeld, Rev. Jesse Jackson, former Citigroup Chairman and CEO Sandy Weill, and Judith Jamison. Harold Ford, Jesse Jackson, and Sandy Weill are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.(Photo: New York Social Diary)

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger, Gen. Chuck Boyd (President and CEO of BENS), and Gen. Boyd’s wife Jessica T. Mathews (President of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) appear at a party.

Left photo: Former Chairman and CEO of American Express James D. Robinson III (left) talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Norway Robin Chandler Duke at a party. Robinson and Duke are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.Right photo: Beverly Sills and Walter P. Stern appear at a dinner together.

New York City banker Felix Rohatyn (left) with ABC journalist Barbara Walters in November 2005. (Photo: New York Social Diary)

Left: George J.W. Goodman (left) with Nina Rosenwald. Right: Martin Gross (left) with Henry Kissinger.

Gary E. Knell, the President and CEO of Sesame Workshop, and E. Stanley O’Neal, the disgraced Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch, appear with Sesame Street puppets. Knell and O’Neal are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Council on Foreign Relations member Joan Ganz Cooney stands beside Big Bird and Elmo. Joan Ganz Cooney’s husband is Peter G. Peterson, the former Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Senator Christopher Dodd (left) and Senator Joe Lieberman appears with Barney. Both Dodd and Lieberman are members of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Democratic Party.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plays with Elmo in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 14, 2006

“Bill” is William J. Casey, former CIA Director.

Left: Former CIA Director Stansfield Turner and Evelyn Farkas appear at a party.Right: Former Senator Harris Wofford and Ghebre Mehreteab appear at a party.

 

JP Morgan Chase Chairman William B. Harrison Jr. (left) stands beside JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin L. Powell sits next to Henry R. Kravis at a party.

Mrs. Harold Varmus, Harold Varmus, Glenn Lowry, Deborah Berke, Peter McCann, and Susan Lowry appear at a party. Harold Varmus and Glenn Lowry are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Condoleezza Rice and her “Men in Black” Donald Rumsfeld and Zalmay Khalilzad reveal their new outfits.

Condoleezza Rice receives a gift from Andrew Young, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

Leslie Gelb (left) talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith (center) and Ivo Daalder.   

Former Air Force Colonel Randall Larsen (left), the Founder and CEO of Homeland Security Associates LLC, is seen meeting with former Senator Warren Rudman (center) and former Senator Gary Hart.

Secretary of State Colin Powell sings at a nightclub.

Left: Council on Foreign Relations Chairman Peter G. Peterson escorts his wife Joan Ganz Cooney to a party.Right: William J. McDonough, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Washington Post journalist Lally Weymouth smile for the camera.

Former presidential candidate and Reform Party founder Ross Perot greets Council on Foreign Relations members Gen. John Abizaid, retired Gen. Chuck Boyd, and former Secretary of State George Shultz at a party.

Former President Richard Nixon flirts with Diane Sawyer in 1978.

Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and U.S. Army General Colin Powell attend an Alfalfa Club annual dinner in 1993.(Photo by Mark Thiessen; The Politics of Diplomacy by James A. Baker III)

Nelson Rockefeller sits next to Clare Boothe Luce at a party.

Left: Happy Rockefeller (not a CFR member), David Rockefeller, and Richard Holbrooke celebrate at a party.Right: Henry Kissinger, David Rockefeller, Senator Jay Rockefeller, Charles Rockefeller (not a CFR member), and Asia Society President Vishakha N. Desai celebrate at a party.

CIA Director Allen Dulles dances with an unidentified woman.

CIA Director Allen Dulles talks to U.S. Ambassador to Italy Clare Boothe Luce at a party in 1954. (UPI/Bettmann)(Source: Gentleman Spy: The Life of Allen Dulles by Peter Grose)

Former Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Glenn T. Seaborg, New York Governor Mario Cuomo, and Jesse Jackson celebrate at a party on July 31, 1984 at the Hilton Hotel in Washington D.C.

Clockwise: Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Senator-elect Alphonse D’Amato, National Review Editor-in-Chief William F. Buckley Jr., and former U.S. Ambassador to Italy Clare Boothe Luce appear at a party in 1980.

Left: James Wolfensohn shakes hands with David Rockefeller’s daughter Peggy Dulany at a party.Right: Judith Kipper stands beside Zalmay Khalilzad.

Richard Holbrooke, Columbia University President George E. Rupp, U.S. Ambassador to France Pamela Harriman, Strobe Talbott, and George F. Kennan smile for the camera.

Michael Clough (left) and Charlayne Hunter-Gault appear at a party at the Harold Pratt House in New York City on February 9, 1989. (Photo: Council on Foreign Relations Annual Report)

Former President of Federal Reserve Bank of New York William J. McDonough (left), Ann Fudge (center), and Council on Foreign Relations chairman Peter G. Peterson celebrate at a party. (Photo: Council on Foreign Relations Annual Report)

Left photo: Caspar Weinberger greets Henry A. Grunwald at a party.Right photo: Felix Rohatyn talks to Elie Wiesel at a party.

Council on Foreign Relations members Mark Danner, Strobe Talbott, and Peter Tarnoff demonstrate their political skills.

Former President Jimmy Carter (center), Ted Turner (left), the head of CNN, and former Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Glenn T. Seaborg attend the annual meeting of the American Academy of Achievement in Minneapolis in 1984. Ted Turner is not a member of the Council on Foreign Relations yet.

New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller (left) and wife Happy Rockefeller appears with Senator Robert F. Kennedy (right) at a social occasion in October 1966. (Photo by Bill Eppridge//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Andrew Young praises World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz at a meeting on May 3, 2006.

Vernon Jordan (left) stands beside former Federal Reserve board member Andrew F. Brimmer at a party. Both men are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

A rare photograph of Henry Kissinger and Paul Wolfowitz together.

Left to right: Peter G. Peterson, John McCloy, David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, and Cyrus Vance appear at the Harold Pratt House. (Photo: Council on Foreign Relations Annual Report)

Winston Lord, Nathaniel Samuels, David Rockefeller, and Lawrence S. Eagleburger prepare for dinner at the Harold Pratt House. (Photo: CFR Annual Report)

R. James Woolsey, former Defense Secretary Harold Brown, Larry K. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations Chairman Peter G. Peterson, former Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze, former Editor of Foreign Affairs William P. Bundy, and Alton Frye appear at a party on March 12, 1990. (Photo: CFR Annual Report)

Former Senator George McGovern, Daniel Schorr, Earl Ravenal, Sandy Vogelgesang, Robert J. Pranger, former Senator Charles H. Percy, and Arnaud de Borchgrave are socializing at a party at the Harold Pratt House on June 10, 1991.(Photo: CFR Annual Report)

Elliot L. Richardson (left) talks to Jeane J. Kirkpatrick at a meeting in Washington D.C. (Photo: CFR Annual Report)

Hedley Donovan, Rosalyn Carter (Jimmy Carter’s wife), Winston Lord, and Donald McHenry enjoy a dinner at the Harold Pratt House. Rosalyn Carter is not a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: CFR Annual Report)

Congressman John Anderson, Daniel Yankelovich, and Alice Young celebrate at a dinner at the Harold Pratt House on December 6, 1978. (Photo: CFR Annual Report)

George Stephanopoulos listens to Leslie Gelb at a party at the Harold Pratt House on December 17, 1997.(Photo: CFR Annual Report)

Editor of Newsweek International Fareed Zakaria (left) and Editor of Foreign Affairs James F. Hoge Jr. (right) listen to former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger during a dinner honoring the 75th anniversary of Foreign Affairs magazine at the Harold Pratt House on September 30, 1997. (Photo: CFR Annual Report)

Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (left) talks to Joan Ganz Cooney at the Harold Pratt House on March 13, 1990.(Photo: CFR Annual Report)

Council on Foreign Relations chairman Peter G. Peterson talks to Joan E. Spero (left) and Alice Young at the Harold Pratt House on February 27, 1989. (Photo: Council on Foreign Relations Annual Report)

Strobe Talbott (left) talks to William G. Hyland at a Board of Directors dinner at the Harold Pratt House on October 18, 1988.(Photo: Council on Foreign Relations Annual Report)

Richard Gardner talks to Pamela C. Harriman. Richard Gardner served as U.S. Ambassador to Spain under President Bill Clinton; Pamela C. Harriman served as U.S. Ambassador to France under President Bill Clinton.(Photo: Council on Foreign Relations Annual Report)

Left: Averell Harriman and Dean Acheson share a drink at a party.Right: Jeane J. Kirkpatrick and Lawrence S. Eagleburger meet at the Harold Pratt House.

Left to right: Bill Baker (President of PBS Channel 13 in New York City), Steven Rattner, former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, and former President of Columbia University Michael Sovern celebrate at a party at Gotham Hall in New York City on June 13, 2006. Bill Baker is not a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.(Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for WNET Channel Thirteen)

Former U.S. Representative to the United Nations Donald McHenry appears at a party at the Harold Pratt House.(Photo: Council on Foreign Relations Annual Report)

Senator John McCain stands beside Winston Lord at a party in 2001.

Theodore Sorensen, John D. Rockefeller III, and Cyrus Vance appear at a luncheon in June 1976.

Senator Edward Brooke and Ambassador to the UN Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. celebrate at a party in 1967.

U.S. Ambassador to France Pamela Harriman stands beside Sharon Stone during a dinner party at the American Embassy in Paris in October 1995. Sharon Stone is not a member of the Council on Foreign Relations yet.

Datus C. Smith, George W. Ball, and Porter McKeever appear at an Asia Society dinner in 1977. All three men were members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Left: Zalmay Khalilzad (the current U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations) kisses Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.Right: Miranda Kaiser Duncan appears with her grandfather David Rockefeller. Both David Rockefeller and his granddaughter Miranda Kaiser Duncan are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

George P. Shultz dances with Ginger Rogers (left) and Nancy Reagan (right). George P. Shultz is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bohemian Grove.

Left photo: George Soros dances with a young woman at a party.Right photo: Council on Foreign Relations members Inmaculada de Habsburgo (left) and Daniel P. Henninger appear at a party.

Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish, Edward Murrow, and William S. Paley celebrate at a party on December 2, 1941. All three men were members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Atomic bomb scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer (left), President of Harvard University James B. Conant (center), and Vannevar Bush appear at a party in Boston in 1948. All three men were members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Secretary of State Henry Kissinger celebrates his birthday in Paris on May 27, 1975 with his fellow Council on Foreign Relations members. From left to right: Robert Anderson, Henry Kissinger, Treasury Secretary William Simon, Gerald Parsky (holding the cake), and Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Enders.

J. Kenneth Galbraith (center) relaxes with Barry Zorthian (left) and Henry Luce.

Richard Parsons talks to Henry R. Kravis at a party.

J. Dennis Bonney (left) listens as University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien unveil the "Global House for a Global Age" Donor Wall at a party.

Left: Steve Tisch (left) and David Rockefeller (right) appears with Bob Tisch. Steve Tisch is not a CFR member.Right: Former Congressman Ogden Rogers Reid (left) and former New York Governor Mario Cuomo socialize at a party.

Right: Anti-Defamation League chief Abraham H. Foxman (left) and Dwayne Andreas talk to Henry Kissinger at a party. Foxman, Andreas, and Kissinger are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

George Shultz, O’Bie Shultz (George Shultz’s wife), and Kenneth Dam celebrate at a party at the State Department on July 16, 1983. O’Bie Shultz is not a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

David Dubinsky is seen sitting between former Governor of Illinois Adlai E. Stevenson (standing at the podium) and former Senator Herbert H. Lehman (wearing glasses).

Left: Vice President Dick Cheney talks to former CIA Director and U.S. Ambassador to Iran Richard Helms at a party.Right: James Wolfensohn, Maurice Greenberg, former Czech President Vaclav Havel, and Frederic Malek appear at a dinner.

Left photo: Harold E. Stassen (left) chats with U.S. Senator Jacob K. Javits (right) at Time Magazine’s 40th anniversary celebration in New York City in May 1963. (Photo: John Loengard/Time Life)

Right photo: New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (left) listens to diplomat Bernard M. Baruch at a United Nations dinner in New York City in September 1950. Thomas E. Dewey was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.(Photo: Thomas D. Mcavoy/Time Life)

Michael Bloomberg (left) appears with Jessica Einhorn. (Photo: Johns Hopkins University)

Henry R. Luce shakes hands with Paul G. Hoffman (left) at a party in September 1966.(Photo by Al Fenn/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (left) talks to P.J. O'Rourke at The Atlantic Magazine's 150th Anniversary celebration in New York City on November 8, 2007. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

Mark Warner (left), the former Governor of Virginia, appears with former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich at a party. Both men are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: Panache Magazine)

Left to right: Honoree Newt Gingrich, Callista Gingrich, Gala co-chairs George and Trish Vradenburg, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Newt Gingrich is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: Panache Magazine)

Senator John McCain chats with Norman Mailer, the man who once almost killed his wife with a penknife.(Source: Man of the People: The Life of John McCain by Paul Alexander)

Left photo: Ruth Newman and former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey attend a party. Bob Kerrey is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.Right photo: Peggy Dulany and her father David Rockefeller smile for the camera at a party in February 2006.(Both photos: New York Social Diary)

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor chats with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at a party.

Left photo: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (along with her husband Martin Ginsburg) attend a party with Secretary of State Colin Powell. Martin Ginsburg is not a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Right photo: Senator Jay Rockefeller and John C. Whitehead attend an Asia Society party in February 2006.(Photo: New York Social Diary)

Left: President Bill Clinton stands beside National Council of La Raza President Raul Yzaguierre at a party.Right: Donald Rumsfeld is seen celebrating with National Council of La Raza President Raul Yzaguierre.

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (left) stands beside Henry Kissinger at a party.

Retiring Marine Corps General James L. Jones watches Stephen Schwarzman (left) shake hands with former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan at the 2007 Awards Dinner of the Atlantic Council of the United States at the Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC on April 30, 2007. Greenspan and Schwarzman are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. General James L. Jones is a former member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Professor Charles Gati, former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research Toby Gati, CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden, and his wife Mrs. Hayden appear at the Embassy of Hungary in Washington D.C. on September 20, 2006. All but Mrs. Hayden are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Left: Arthur Schneier is seen at a party with John R. Bolton.Right: Council on Foreign Relations member Rabbi Arthur Schneier gives Council on Foreign Relations member Bill Clinton the “Husband of the Year Award.”

Alfred Kelly Jr., (center) stands beside Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (left) and David Janes in 2004. Wolfowitz and Kelly are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Leslie Gelb, Henry Kissinger, David Rockefeller, Peter G. Peterson, Cyrus Vance, and Kofi Annan stand together in 1999.

Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins (left) and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg attend a party in New York City. Dinkins and Bloomberg are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

Left: Undersecretary of State Paula Dobriansky and Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao appear at a party. Dobriansky and Chao are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Right: Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director Joel Kaplan and his wife Laura Kaplan appear with Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt (right). Joel Kaplan and Robert Kimmitt are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, U.S. Army General David Petraeus, and Hollywood actress and Angelina Jolie appear in Baghdad, Iraq on February 7, 2008. All three individuals are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (AP Photo/Staff Sgt. Lorie Jewell, U.S. Army)

Left photo: Former President of Czech Republic Vaclav Havel (left), former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (center), and Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson appear at a party on November 13, 2006. (Photo: New York Social Diary)

Right photo: Ed Schlossberg (right) watches Vernon Jordan (center) talk to Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg at a party. Vernon Jordan and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: New York Social Diary)

Brown University President Ruth Simmons (left) appears with NBC journalist Tom Brokaw at a party. Ruth Simmons and Tom Brokaw are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Left to right: Council on Foreign Relations members Kathy Fuld, Peter G. Peterson, and Glenn Lowry attend a Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) luncheon in New York City on February 5, 2008. (Photo: Panache Magazine)

Left to right: Council on Foreign Relations members David Rockefeller, Peter G. Peterson, Marie Josee Kravis, and Richard Salomon appear at a Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) luncheon in New York City on February 5, 2008.(Photo: Panache Magazine)

Left to right: Council on Foreign Relations members Richard Salomon, David Rockefeller, Peter G. Peterson, and Donald Marron attend a Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) luncheon in New York City on February 5, 2008. (Photo: Panache Magazine)

Left to right: Donald B. Marron, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) board chair Jerry I. Speyer. All three men are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: Panache Magazine)

Event co-chair Agnes Gund (left), honoree Mike Nichols (center), and Diane Sawyer attend a party. Agnes Gund and Diane Sawyer are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: Panache Magazine)

David Rockefeller (center) and his ladies Mimi Haas (left) and Marnie Pillsbury (right) smile for the camera. All three individuals are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: Panache Magazine)

David Rockefeller Jr. (left), his father David Rockefeller (center), and Peter G. Peterson attend a party at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on February 5, 2008. All three men are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.(Photo: Panache Magazine)

Left photo: Kati Marton with Richard Holbrooke. Right photo: Mortimer Zuckerman (left) with Dr. Harold Varmus (Both photos: New York Social Diary)

The kind of celebrity photo Nikola Tamindzic often shoots: from left to right: Charlie Rose, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Arianna Huffington, Jann Wenner and Rupert Murdoch. Rose, Zuckerman, and Murdoch are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo by Nikola Tamindzic)

 Catie Marron, Donald Marron, Mortimer Zuckerman smile for the camera. Donald Marron and Mortimer Zuckerman are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: Panache Magazine)

Americas Society president Susan Segal; M. Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada; Peter Munk, Carlos Fuentes, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros; Americas Society honorary chairman and founder David Rockefeller; and Americas Society chairman William R. Rhodes. Susan Segal, David Rockefeller, and William R. Rhodes are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: Panache Magazine)

Howard Stringer (left), Chairman and CEO of Sony Corp., and Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corp., attend the "Memoirs Of A Geisha" New York premiere after attending a party at the Central Park Boathouse in New York City on December 6, 2005. Stringer and Murdoch are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

Henry Kissinger, TV personality Merv Griffin and TV personality Barbara Walters attend the Museum of Television and Radio gala honoring of Merv Griffin at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on May 26, 2005. Mervin Griffin is not a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo by Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)

Neal Shapiro, Jim Tisch, Bill Baker, Bill Clinton, Steven Rattner, Maureen White, and Rebecca Rattner at Thirteen/WNET & WLIW's 2007 Gala Salute. (Photo: New York Social Diary)

Left: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Steven Rattner. Right: Barbara Walters, Barry Diller, and Lally Weymouth.(Photo: New York Social Diary)

Left: John Hess and Martha Stewart Right: Betsey Lack and Charlie Rose. (Photo: New York Social Diary)

Robert Menschel, event co-chair Marie-Josée Kravis, Joan Tisch, Michael Bloomberg, Sarah Jessica Parker and Glenn D. Lowry, director of MoMA attend a party. Kravis, Bloomberg, and Lowry are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.(Photo: Panache Magazine)

Barbara Walters (left) and Howard Stringer smile for the camera. (Photo: Panache Magazine)

Rita E. Hauser, Gustave Hauser, Marguerite Lenfest, Gerry Lenfest, Sir Howard Stringer, and Peter G. Peterson. Rita E. Hauser, Stringer, and Peterson are CFR members. (Photo: Panache Magazine)

United States Attorney General Eric Holder (left) and Vernon Jordan attend BET Honors 2013: Debra Lee Pre-Dinner at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 2013. Vernon Jordan is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images North America)http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Vernon+Jordan/BET+Honors+2013+Debra+Lee+Pre+Dinner/A9I28YNtUx_

Left to right: Vernon Jordan, Dr. Robert Butler, Barbara Walters, Donald Marron smile for the camera. Vernon Jordan, Barbara Walters, and Donald Marron are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: Panache Magazine)

Vernon Jordan (left), Susan Rice (center, U.S. Representative to the United Nations), and Ann Jordan attend the Cafritz-Jordan-Sant party in Washington, D.C. on January 22, 2013. Vernon Jordan and Susan Rice are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo by James R. Brantley) http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/1908965

Leecia Eve (left), former Mayor of New York City David N. Dinkins (center), and Vernon Jordan attend a party. Dinkins and Jordan are members of the Council on Foreign Relations.(Photo: http://www.blackgivesback.com/2011_03_01_archive.html#.UhwPDWUo7cs)

Vernon Jordan (left) presents Kathy Chenault (center) and Kenneth Chenault, Chairman and CEO of American Express, with the Philanthropic Leadership Award at the Council of Urban Professionals' 6th Annual Leadership Gala: An Evening of Recognition and Celebration in New York City in April 2013. Vernon Jordan and Kenneth Cenault are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: http://www.blackgivesback.com/2013_04_01_archive.html#.UhwOG2Uo7cs)

Former President Bill Clinton, PS/IS 50 principal Rebekah Marler-Mitchell, former President George Bush, Alma Powell, and retired U.S. Army General Colin L. Powell smile for the camera. Clinton, Bush, and Colin Powell are (or were) members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Photo: Panache Magazine)

Bono (the singer), former President Bill Clinton, and former Soviet Commissar Mikhail Gorbachev smile for the camera at a party. Bono and Gorbachev are not members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Bill Clinton celebrates with Bono at a party.

David Rockefeller stands beside Richard Holbrooke (left), his nephew Senator Jay Rockefeller (center and right) and Henry Kissinger (right) at a party.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appears with several members of the Council on Foreign Relations. Left: Peggy Dulany and Henry Kissinger; center: David Rockefeller and Richard Holbrooke; right: Nicholas Platt, Kofi Annan’s wife, and Happy Rockefeller. Happy Rockefeller and Kofi Annan are not members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Donald Rumsfeld (upper left), Henry Kissinger (upper right), and Gerald Ford flirt with Japanese geishas at a nightclub.

Pop star Michael Jackson (center) directs the crowd including CNN journalist Larry King (right) in singing Happy Birthday to The Reverend Jesse Jackson (left) on the red carpet during the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Los Angeles 10th annual awards dinner celebrating Jesse Jackson's 66th birthday in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 8, 2007. The Reverend Jesse Jackson is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.