For Release: Friday, June 27, 2008
Contact: David Gillies: 202-225-5661
Washington - Kevin Neumann, a student from Belleville East High School, recently visited U.S. Congressman Jerry Costello (D-IL) in his Washington, D.C. office. Kevin was in Washington as the Illinois winner of the National Peace Essay Contest, sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace.
Kevin was invited to join other winning essayists in a weeklong series of seminars, briefings at embassies and meetings with government officials. Essay winners were selected from all 50 states plus one from U.S. territories and one from among American students living abroad.
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