Sunday shows: Biden, Durbin, McConnell, McDonnell

ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": Sens. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) and John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), also USAID Director Rajiv Shah, and George Will, Donna Brazile, Chrystia Freeland and Rajiv Chandrasekaran.

"Bloomberg Political Capital with Al Hunt": Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).

CBS' "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer: Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.).

CNN's "GPS with Fareed Zakaria": Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Vali Nasr, Joe Klein and Leslie Gelb.

CNN's "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.); retired Gen. Richard Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; retired Navy Adm. William J. Fallon; Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; and Fredric Rolando of the National Assn. of Letter Carriers.

"Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace: Sens. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), Republican Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, with William Kristol, Mara Liasson, Kevin Madden and Juan Williams.

NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory: Vice President Joe Biden with Mark McKinnon, Andrea Mitchell, Joe Scarborough and Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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