Consul Andrew Parker gives English teacher Ms. Vogt an election information package.

"MeetUS" School Outreach at Bad Homburg's Kaiserin-Friedrich-Gymnasium
February 11, 2008. Consul Andrew Parker, head of the consular section at the U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt, offered a workshop on “The U.S. Election System and the 2008 Elections” to twenty 13th graders at the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Bad Homburg.  Parker explained the way the United States chooses the presidential nominees in a unique primary and caucus system, described the candidates’ personal and political backgrounds and the dominant issues and analyzed the current status and further development of the campaign. Following the talk, Mr. Parker presented the hosting teacher, Ms. Vogt, with information materials on the U.S. elections, provided by the Consulate's Information Resource Center.