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Senator Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader Congressman Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader Colin Powell: General (four-star) in the U.S. Army; National Security Advisor (1987–1989); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–93); 65th Secretary of State (2001–2005) Mark Warner is a current United States Senator from Virginia and the immediate former Governor of Virginia. James William Fulbright was a member of the United States Senate representing Arkansas and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations during the Vietnam era. Fulbright established an international exchange program, which thereafter bore his name, the Fulbright Fellowships and Scholarships. John Edgar Hoover was the most influential but controversial director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News Edward Teller was a Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist who became a professor at the George Washington University. He would go on to be known as "the father of the hydrogen bomb". Syngman Rhee was the first president of South Korea. His presidency, from August 1948 to April 1960, was affected by Cold War tensions. He led South Korea through the Korean War. Michael D. Griffin, NASA Administrator

List of notable alumni of the George Washington University.

See also: List of George Washington University faculty

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