House leaders name Academy Board of Visitors appointees

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WASHINGTON (AFNS) --  Two top officials in the U.S. House of Representatives announced a new appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy's Board of Visitors July 15 and the reappointment of two existing board members.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of California and Congressman John Boehner of Ohio appointed Congressman Jared Polis of Colorado and reappointed Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez of California and Congressman Doug Lamborn of Colorado to the board.

The Board of Visitors is established under Title 10, United States Code, Section 9355. Its mission is to inquire into the morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods and other matters relating to the Academy. The board meets at least four times per year, with at least two of those meetings at the Academy, and prepares semiannual reports with its views and recommendations pertaining to the Academy.

The board is constituted annually and comprises 15 members selected by the president, vice president (or Senate president pro tempore), the speaker of the House and the chairpersons of the House and Senate armed services committees.