Majored Government/Political Science/International Relations/Public Administration:

Former President Barack Obama – BA political science & international relations
Former Vice President Joe Biden – BA political science & history
Former President Bill Clinton – BA foreign service; Rhodes scholarship in government
Former Vice Presidents Al Gore and Richard Cheney – BA political science
Former General David Petraeus – MPA & PhD international relations
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – BA political science                                                         
Former Governor Bill Richardson - BA political science & master's in international affairs


Former cabinet secretaries:

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke – BA political science
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius – BA political science & MPA
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano – BS political science & Truman Scholar
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan – MPA
Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar – BA political science
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis – BA political science & MPA
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton – BA political science