ATCHISON ? Ever have trouble remembering the leaders of foreign countries? In a pinch, could you name all 15 of the president’s Cabinet members? If you need help, just ask 4-year-old Abby Julo. She probably can help you out.

When she isn’t playing with her train set, her dolls or her Etch A Sketch, Abby has made a hobby of memorizing all things political.

She knows the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, she has recited parts of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and she’s even shared a stage with Jimmy Buffett.

The whiz kid from Atchison, hasn’t wasted any time learning. Abby started talking at 11 months and was speaking fluently by 14 months.

During the 2000 presidential election, Abby became intrigued with the “hanging chad” controversy and came to know George W. Bush, Al Gore and other political figures.

“That’s when I first noticed it was little unusual,” her father Mark Julo said.

In January 2001 — before her second birthday — Abby could identify every member of Bush’s Cabinet — prominent members such as Secretary of State Colin Powell as well as seldom-seen members such as John Walters, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and Budget.

After that, Abby memorized foreign leaders, past presidents and the governors of all 50 states.

“She learned quickly,” her father said. “Most of it is audio — me talking to her or pulling info off the Internet.”

Last September, Abby and her family visited St. Martin’s Bed and Breakfast in Atchison, where political memorabilia is on display throughout the house.

Co-owner John Settich, a political science professor at Benedictine College, was so impressed he asked Abby to visit his Introduction to American Government class the next day.

Abby smoothly answered every question from a prepared list.

“I have 18- and 19-year-old college freshmen who don’t have that kind of memory,” Settich said.

In March, Abby’s father took her and 13-year-old sister, Briana, to Kansas City, Mo., to audition for NBC’s “Most Talented Kid” program. After a snippet of Abby aired in April, she was asked to appear on Steve Harvey’s “Big Time” talent show on the WB. While in Los Angeles, Abby made a weeklong appearance on the “Tonight” show with Jay Leno.

On the “Tonight” show, Abby earned $1,000 toward her college education — $100 for each of her correct answers in the show’s “Stump the Kid” segment — and got to dance on stage with Jimmy Buffett. Other appearances on network TV shows came later.

But as more calls kept coming in, her family started saying no.

“When we first did it it was fun and new, but it’s not going to be our life,” Abby’s mother, Amy Julo, said.

Frances Strieby, executive director of the Atchison Child Care Assn., said the average 4-year-old knows about 1,500 words and uses only four to eight words in each sentence.

Four-year-olds typically can identify coin money, follow simple directions and understand past tense words.