Grassley Announces Nominations of Young Iowans to U.S. Service Academies

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Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that he has nominated several young Iowans to the United States Service Academies.

"These Iowans are some of the finest young people in our state and I'm proud to nominate each one of them to our academies," Grassley said. "Every year we see a high caliber of young men and women from Iowa who are interested in serving the country through our military academies. I'm confident that these nominees will represent our state well."

Grassley nominates several young Iowans each year for a select few spots. Each academy then selects students based on the number of vacancies for the 2009-2010 school year. Often, because of the high quality of nominations from Iowa, several students are selected to attend each academy.

Grassley praised the outstanding group of
Iowa students who applied for academy nominations in past years and encouraged eligible students to consider submitting applications in the future. "This was a highly competitive selection process and it was again very difficult to narrow the list of nominees," said Grassley.

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