Issue Position: Norton Increases D.C. Nominees to U.S. Service Academies

Issue Position

Norton's dozen appointees will represent the District in all five of the very competitive U.S. service academies. Four D.C. public school students received appointments: Anthony Bertram Clay, McKinley Technology Senior High, U.S. Naval Academy and three students from Wilson Senior High, Esmeraldy Arce, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; Langston Davis Clarke, U.S. Military Academy; and Garrett Connell, U.S. Military Academy. A home school student, Mark Gerald Hunks, Seaton Home Study School, U.S. Air Force Academy, was also appointed. The students appointed from other high schools in the District were: Michaela Noel Bilotta, Georgetown Visitation, U.S. Naval Academy; Nicholas Musashi Liu, Sidwell Friends School, U.S. Military Academy; Giuseppe Urberto Niosi, St. Anselm's Abbey School, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; Sebastian Fares Zaki, St. Anselm's Abbey School, U.S. Air Force Academy; and Benjamin Robert Zeiss, Gonzaga College High School, U.S. Naval Academy. Two active duty service members Charles Michael Clymer, U.S. Military Academy, and Nickolas Immanuel Morejon, U.S. Naval Academy.

The Congresswoman depends on her Service Academy Selection Board, composed of all D.C. residents, most of whom are graduates of the academies, to make recommendations.

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