Walter Cronkite

as Self - Host

Richard Dreyfuss

as President

Noah Wyle

as Buck

Brian Dennehy

as Gen. Bogan

Sam Elliott

as Congressman Raskob

James Cromwell

as Gordon Knapp

John Diehl

as Col. Cascio

Hank Azaria

as Prof. Groeteschele

Norman Lloyd

as Defense Secretary Swenson

Bill Smitrovich

as Gen. Stark

Don Cheadle

as Lt. Jimmy Pierce

George Clooney

as Col. Jack Grady

Harvey Keitel

as Brig. Gen. Warren Black

Doris Belack

as Mrs. Johnson

Grant Heslov

as Jimmy

Will Rothhaar

as Tommy Grady

John Philbin