to be eligible to apply, you must not be a dual citizen

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<p>I don’t really want to wait till age 21 (my fourth year!) to get a cool biochem internship</p>

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<p>Why do you want to intern in the military environment?</p>

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<p>I would imagine that dual citizenship in a secure government job is not allowed due to security issues. What would prevent the person from working in that situation, then abandoning their U.S. citizenship and going back to the other country and sharing the “ideas” and such. The U.S. government and military don’t have jurisdiction over those who are not citizens of the U.S. and who ARE citizens of other countries.</p>

<p>I would suggest that the OP apply for other kinds of internships.</p>

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<p>What would prevent normal US citizens from selling research secrets? </p>

<p>Come on. </p>

<p>I wouldn’t mind if the security screening consisted of lie detector tests and really tough interviews. That would be objective, and fair.</p>

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<p>Working with biological/chemical weapons projects (or antidotes to them) sounds really cool on a resume. And to med schools. Plus I’d have feeling the lab environment would be a lot more interesting than an academic one.</p>

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<p>If you want to learn new skills, do research, and help the world while getting something “cool” to put on your resume, get an internship at Amgen or Fred Hutch. The internship you are talking about may sound “cool”, but there is nothing really special about it. I had a chat with a coworker who spent a couple of years as a postdoc for the organization you described. He was very happy to escape that environment.</p>