Hoover Institution Internship Report

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I am writing in application to the part-time Research Assistant/Graduate Intern position at the Hoover Institution’s D.C. office. I am a first-year student in the Master of Public Policy and Management–Washington, D.C. Track at Carnegie Mellon University. My academic focus is on U.S. foreign policy and the technology policy side of U.S. national security, and I anticipate contributing to these and other aspects of U.S. public policy as part of the Hoover Institution this summer.

Through this internship, I hope to contribute the following to the Hoover Institution’s work:

Research and organizational skills: At Carnegie Mellon, my research skills have been augmented by coursework in economic and statistical analysis, data analysis, geospatial

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