Check out in print and online the 2013 TIME 100. Here’s 25 of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” that might be of interest to Swampland readers:
- Sen. Rand Paul, by former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin
- President Obama, by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, by Ginger Doherty, a fourth grader whose home was wrecked by Hurricane Sandy
- Director of CIA John Brennan, by former director George Tenet
- Artist and entrepreneur Jay-Z, by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
- China President Xi Jinping, by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
- 15 year-old activist Malala Yousafzai by Chelsea Clinton, a special correspondent for NBC
- NRA chief Wayne LaPierre, by Ted Nugent, rock star and gun-rights advocate
- Satirist Bassem Youssef, by Daily Show host Jon Stewart
- Europe’s Central Banker Mario Draghi, by IMF chief Christine Lagarde
- South Korea President Park Geun-hye, by Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
- Israel Finance Minister Yair Lapid, by Karl Vick, TIME’s Jerusalem bureau chief
- Pope Francis, by New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan
- California Attorney General Kamala Harris, by House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi
- Sen. Tom Coburn, by President Obama
- Dissident Aung San Suu Kyi by former Secretary of State Madeline Albright
- Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett, by CEO of GE Jeffrey Immelt
- Malawai President Joyce Banda, by Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
- Tech incubator Kai-Fu Lee, by Ariana Huffington of the Huffington Post
- New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez, by Karl Rove, senior advisor to former President George W. Bush
- Supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un, by Barbara Demick, bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times
- Vice President Joe Biden, by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor
- Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, by the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor
- Education pioneers Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, by bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel
- First Lady Michelle Obama, by poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou
To view the entire TIME 100 list click here.