I just finished my first week! It was a great week, although I had a hiccup on Wednesday when I called in sick with a fever. You just have to love it when you’re sick during your first week of work! But, my fever dropped and I was back at work on Thursday and Friday, albeit with a few sniffles and coughs. But, not contagious.

I had a lot of fun and did some neat work this past week. I wrote contribution letters to 6 re-election campaigns and forwarded contributions from one of our members to these campaigns. I also attended the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee hearing on Tuesday that discussed the Law of the Sea (LOS) international treaty. That was interesting, seeing senators and people giving testimony. Mostly positive comments, except from two of the presenters. On Thursday and Friday, I spent time working with Elise, another intern, putting together a section of our website for presidential election foreign policy statements. We hope to have that up and on the site by Monday. I’m also going to be heading up putting out an action alert for the LOS treaty on Monday or Tuesday.