My Person Of The Year

To help us make this year's selection, TIME asked people who were chosen in previous years for their 2006 nominations. The first installment:

DR. DAVID HO 1996

Director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City

In 1993 Time featured the Peacemakers as Persons of the Year. This year I nominate the Peacebreakers: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and, sadly, U.S. President George W. Bush. These figures are feared around the world because of their words and actions.

KIM, AHMADINEJAD AND BUSH

SHERRON WATKINS 2002

Former vice president at Enron, where she blew the whistle on fraudulent accounting

I nominate the Illegal Immigrant. In terms of grabbing center stage, immigration became a hot issue in 2006,...

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