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"A student at Kentucky Country Day is enjoying a one of a kind experience in Washington, D.C.Asya Akca is representing Kentucky at the U.S. Senate Youth Program.\u00A0Wednesday night, she met Senator Rand Paul at the Hearst Senate Youth Reception.This week, the delegates are getting a firsthand look at the inner workings of government.\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u201CIt gives me hope for the future and I'm so much more optimistic that we can progress and make the changes that we need to make. So it makes me very hopeful about our future,\u201D said Akca.The program is sponsored by the U.S. Senate and funded by the Hearst Foundations.The Hearst Corporation owns WLKY.On Thursday, the delegates are at the White House to meet President Barack Obama.Each delegate also receives a $5,000 scholarship.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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