Daniel Eichman Selected for Admission to the Air Force Academy

 WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Daniel Eichman of Dubuque has been selected for admission to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the 2012-2013 school year.

Eichman graduated in June 2011 from Dulwich College in Beijing.  He is currently a student at Iowa State University, and he is the son of Choon and Bruce Eichman of Dubuque.  
           
“Admission to the service academies is highly competitive and a great honor,” Grassley said.  “Young people like Daniel Eichman work very hard to earn this kind of opportunity to serve our nation.”

Eichman was among the Iowans Grassley nominated this year for appointments to the U.S. service academies.  Information about seeking a nomination is posted at 

For more than 200 years, these academies have educated and trained the best and the brightest to lead and command the U.S. armed forces.

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