Mystery

Colleges and Universities A-Z Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs
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<p>This probably sounds ridiculous, but I promise that I am not making it up. Here goes:</p>

<p>Today I recieved a letter addressed to me in a regular, legal sized envelope. Instead of a stamp, it had Dick Cheney’s signature (printed on the envelope), and the return address had simply “The Vice President”. When I opened this letter, I found nothing more than a blank sheet of paper. I wrote his office about two months ago to request a nomination. Do you think that this has anything to do with that?</p>

<p>Any suggestions on how to get in touch with his office. I obviously can not call, and there is no return address, so I can not write.</p>

<p>Any input would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>Probably an office mixup. They probably were sending you some info but in such a busy office they might have screwed up. Give it a little time then send them a note. You can get his contact info at <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.whitehouse.gov&lt;/a>. Good luck</p>

<p>edit <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/2007-application.doc%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/2007-application.doc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I got the same envelope today. Inside was a form letter thanking me for applying for a VicePresidential nomination. Short version...."You are officially in the competition for a Vice Presidential nomination...." Should you have any additional information for your file, send to the academy, not them. "Final selections will be made in late February" If selected, you will be notified in March.<br>
Basically, a thank you letter with don't call us,we'll call you.
Hope this helps with your mystery letter</p>

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<p>how many people apply and how many people get selected?</p>

<p>since they decide in late february, maybe all the really competitive people get appointments by then and are taken out of the running.. am i right?</p>

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<p>The Whitehouse website states that they let the academies rank order the applicants. Then they take what the academies tell them. </p>

<p>I guess that they wait to find out what top applicants didn't get a nomination and those are their picks.</p>

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<p>That clears things up a lot. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, it seems like very little ever gets totally cleared up. One friend of ours received nominations from his congressman, his senator, and from the vice president. It would seem like one or more of those nominations was wasted due to lack of communication between all parties involved. However, on the bright side, it seems rare indeed that a qualified applicant will not receive a nomination from some source.</p>