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May 3 2019 · Participant Experiences

Experiencing the America Which Eludes Most Americans Through CBYX

We’ve all heard the American truisms before. The place is a “land of opportunity” for a “nation of immigrants” constituting a “melting pot” where anyone can experience “the American dream.” Even the currency contains statements about unity in Latin! But as a German taking part in the 35th Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals program, I frequently find myself feeling very fortunate at the opportunities I have in the U.S. which the regular inhabitants of this country ironically do not, as is the case in the small town of Andalusia, Alabama—where I am staying with my 67 year-old retired host…

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April 13 2017 · Participant Experiences

What’s It Like to Intern on Capitol Hill? We Asked Our German Fellows

Five German students recently spent six weeks interning for members of the U.S. House of Representatives as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals’ (CBYX) Congressional Internship Program. The students were selected from among a group of 73 CBYX Fellows from Germany currently spending a year studying, interning, and living with American hosts as part of this longstanding U.S.-German exchange program, which is joint funded by the German Bundestag and U.S. Department of State. Since 1998-99, the Congressional Internship Program has provided 85-plus CBYX Fellows the chance to learn directly about U.S. government and policy-making through this unique personal and professional…

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February 10 2016 · Features

On the Hill: CBYX Discusses U.S.-Germany with Rep. Thompson

Five students from Germany waited patiently in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol Building. They were selected out of 75 German students participating in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals to spend eight weeks interning for members of the United States House of Representatives. But on February 4, 2016, they weren’t meeting just any representative. Our CBYX team had arranged a meeting with Congressman Glenn Thompson (Pennsylvania-5th District). Not only is Rep. Thompson a co-chair of the German-American caucus, he is one of the primary reasons that CBYX, the most enduring and important reciprocal exchange program between the United States and…

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