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Firm offers tech internships for high school students

Quick ReadAAR Aircraft Component Services will be the first of some 30 aviation and technology companies on Long Island to offer internship programs for high school students.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has announced a new

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has announced a new partnership with local school districts and the Cradle of Aviation Museum to provide high school students with science and technology internships. (Feb. 24, 2012)

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AAR Aircraft Component Services in Garden City, which repairs military and commercial aircraft parts -- from coffee pots to engines -- generally keeps a low profile. Not on Friday.

At the company's offices, television cameras circled. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) walked in the front door, and visitors, including about a dozen Westbury High School students, swarmed through the building...

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