KARL participants visit with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington, D.C. Pompeo was director of the CIA under President Trump and served as a representative for Kansas’ Fourth Congressional District. Photo courtesy KARL program
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of Commerce David Toland. They also toured an FBI lab and visited Fort Leavenworth and the Leavenworth Prison. Politics and environmental issues were on the table, as well. Ebert says they were given an opportunity to learn about more than agriculture; being equipped with a broad base of knowledge is most helpful in serving one’s community.
A later trip took Ebert and her class to Washington, D.C., to meet their congressmen as well as visited the U.S. Department of Agriculture and several other agencies. A highlight of the eastern trip was a stop at Gettysburg. There they were given further instruction on leadership at the national historic site. Further domestic study was done in Kansas, including a stop in Wichita to learn about global leadership and Hays to learn about energy, water and natural resources. After more than a year with a steep domestic learning curve, the KARL group was ready in March to head to the UAE. In the next issue, KARL students travel to the UAE.
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