NJ Profiles Top Administration Officials

From President Obama and his White House staff to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs at HUD, National Journal has profiled the top 366 officials in the Obama administration for its quadrennial "Decision Makers" issue.

Along with the profiles, NJ has released demographic data on the new regime. Here are some examples:

• The percentage of white Christians among top officials whose religious affiliation is known dropped from 71 percent during Bush's second term to 46 percent in the Obama administration.
• Harvard was the top college for undergraduate degrees, followed by Yale and Princeton. Harvard was far and away the leading university for graduate degrees, followed by Oxford and Yale.
• 12 percent of top Obama officials have served in the military, down from 18 percent of top officials at the start of Bush's first term.
• 37 percent of top Obama officials have worked in think tanks or academia, compared with 27 percent in Bush's first term.



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