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Link to full story on DefenseLINK View clip on pentagonchannel.milMullen Encourages Young People to Pursue Global Service
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 24,
2009 – The U.S. military’s senior uniformed officer saluted a group of high
school student leaders interested in learning about the U.S. government and
political processes during a meeting at the Pentagon Auditorium today.
“I think of you as our future,” Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, told some 200 members of the Junior State of
America, a student-managed, nonpartisan civic-education group that
cultivates young peoples’ interest in governmental and political
affairs.
“We help channel and train students who are interested in civic engagement and
politics and law,” said Chris McMahon, associate executive director of the San
Mateo, Calif.,-based Junior Statesmen Foundation that supports the JSA. About
15,000 JSA members, he said, participate at about 500 high schools across the
country. The JSA membership also includes international students. Link to full story on DefenseLINK  |
