• 2006: Iraq: Michael O'Hanlon writes: While control of the Congress does not always have a huge bearing on foreign policy, it could matter greatly for our effort in Iraq 9 November 2006
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2006; RPCV Michael O'Hanlon (Congo Kinshasa); COS - Congo Kinshasa; Iraq

• 2006: Iraq: Chris Shays says Abu Ghraib prison abuses were more about pornography than torture 14 October 2006
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2006; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2006: Iraq: Chris Shays backers aren't willing to turn out a man they see as an effective, moderate politician who can work both sides of the aisle, even if some disagree with his support of the Bush administration's policies in Iraq 23 September 2006
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2006; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2006: Iraq: Chris Matthews says: "I have been a voice out there against this bullshit war from the beginning" 21 September 2006
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2006; RPCV Chris Matthews (Swaziland); COS - Swaziland; Journalism; Television; Iraq

• 2006: Iraq: Chris Shays says: “We cannot afford to leave Iraq until we see the Iraqis capable of defending themselves" 21 September 2006
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2006; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2006: Iraq: Chris Shays says there is scant progress in a war he recently called "a noble effort we have no choice but to win" 15 September 2006
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2006; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2006: Iraq: Paraguay RPCV Scott Krushinski works with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq 11 September 2006
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2006; COS - Paraguay; Engineering; Iraq; Military; Marriage

• 2006: Iraq: Lt. Ehren Watada, son of Peru RPCV Robert Watada, says he was following his conscience and upholding his duty not to obey illegal orders 18 August 2006
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2006; COS - Peru; Military; Iraq; Law; Hawaii

• 2006: Iraq: Shays to visit Mideast, Africa 16 August 2006
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2006; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2006: Iraq: Chris Matthews on Imus in the Morning says: Ten, twenty years from now, when kids are reading this in high school–They are going to say, ‘Why were the Americans so dumb?’ They committed the same mistakes that all the Europeans had done before. 25 July 2006
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2006; RPCV Chris Matthews (Swaziland); COS - Swaziland; Journalism; Television; Presidents - Bush; Iraq

• 2006: Iraq: Chris Shays is happy to make his re-election race a referendum on the Iraq war 18 July 2006
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2006; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2006: Iraq: Ecuador RPCV Bob Watada supports his son in court-martial 8 July 2006
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2006; COS - Ecuador; Iraq; Military; Hawaii

• 2006: Iraq: Petri says Guantanamo Bay prisoners entitled to 'face accusers' 7 July 2006
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2006; RPCV Tom Petri (Somalia) ; COS - Somalia; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Terrorism; Jurisprudence; Wisconsin

• 2006: Iraq: Cameroon RPCV Margaret Krome writes: Informed debate trumps quick answers every time 21 June 2006
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2006; RPCV Margaret Krome (Cameroon); COS - Cameroon; Journalism; Speaking Out; Iraq; Wisconsin

• 2006: Iraq: Liberia RPCV June Schumaker has been involved in peace-related activism her entire life 16 June 2006
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2006; COS - Liberia; Iraq

• 2006: Iraq: Ecuador RPCV Bob Watada, who lost a brother fighting in Korea, opposed the war in Vietnam 8 June 2006
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2006; COS - Ecuador; Iraq; Military; Hawaii

• 2006: Iraq: U.S. Rep Christopher Shays (R-4) now says that he did not provide aggressive enough oversight of the Pentagon's war plan 7 June 2006
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2006; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2006: Iraq: Lt. Ehren Watada, son of Peru RPCV Robert Watada, calls Iraq war illegal, refuses order to go 6 June 2006
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2006; COS - Peru; Military; Iraq; Law; Hawaii

• 2006: Iraq: Shays says he could have been more aggressive in war oversight 4 June 2006
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2006; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2006: Iraq: Shays admits errors on Iraq 4 June 2006
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2006; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2006: Iraq: Gail Vonderweidt of Colorado Springs, said she had just returned from servicing 24 months in the Peace Corps in South Africa and said she was discouraged about the way things have gone in America 31 May 2006
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2006; COS - South Africa; Iraq; Colorado

• 2006: Iraq: U.S. Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, said Tuesday residents of the 6th Congressional District are hopeful of progress in Iraq 30 May 2006
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2006; RPCV Tom Petri (Somalia) ; COS - Somalia; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Wisconsin

• 2006: Iraq: Connecticut Rep. Chris Shays may find it won't be easy to escape his party label in what many say is a pretty dark period for the House GOP 21 May 2006
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2006; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2006: Iraq: The killing of RPCV Fern Holland, a human rights worker from Oklahoma, remains unsolved and as mysterious as it was when her body was found riddled with bullets on a desolate stretch of road near one of Iraq's southern holy cities in March 2004 8 May 2006
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2006; COS - Namibia; Iraq

• 2006: Iraq: Arthur Schlesinger Jr. writes: Bush's Thousand Days 24 April 2006
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2006; COS - Iran; Iraq; Presidents - Bush; Presidents - Kennedy

• 2006: Iraq: Philip Weiss writes: Chris Matthews, War Hero 21 April 2006
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2006; RPCV Hugh Pickens (Peru); COS - Swaziland; Journalism; Television; Iraq

• 2006: Iraq: Francis Fukuyama switches sides on the Iraq war 9 April 2006
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2006; Iraq; Speaking Out; Diplomacy

• 2006: Iraq: Shays defends pro-war stance on Iraq 5 April 2006
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2006; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2006: Iraq: Ivan Eland says: The Bush administration is now suffering for its shocking failure to learn the lessons of the tragedy of Vietnam 27 March 2006
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2006; Speaking Out; Iraq

• 2006: Iraq: Hull says patience will win war on terrorism 7 March 2006
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2006; RPCV Edmund Hull (Tunisia); COS - Tunisia; Diplomacy; Terrorism; Iraq

• 2006: Iraq: Doyle visits troops in Iraq 24 January 2006
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2006; RPCV Jim Doyle (Tunisia); COS - Tunisia; Politics; State Government; Military; Iraq; Wisconsin

• 2006: Iraq: Tom Bissell tries to divine the current U.S. strategy against the insurgency in Iraq 6 January 2006
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2006; RPCV Tom Bissell (Uzbekistan); COS - Uzbekistan; Writing - Uzbekistan; Iraq

• 2006: Iraq: Military aims to bolster language skills 2 January 2006
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2006; COS - Afghanistan; Iraq; Language; Language Training; Military

• 2005: Iraq: Blackwill describes Iran as greatest external threat to Iraq 13 December 2005
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2005; RPCV Robert Blackwill (Malawi); COS - Malawi; Diplomacy; COS - Iran; Iraq

• 2005: Iraq: James Rupert reports from Fallujah 26 November 2005
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2005; COS - Morocco; Journalism; Iraq

• 2005: Iraq: Dodd says start bringing troops home soon 22 November 2005
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2005; RPCV Chris Dodd (Dominican Republic); COS - Dominican Republic; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2005: Iraq: Shays under fire for meeting with Iraqi 15 November 2005
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2005; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2005: Iraq: James Rupert reports: The U.S. military death toll reaches a grim milestone - 2,000 26 October 2005
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2005; COS - Morocco; Journalism; Iraq

• 2005: Iraq: Togo RPCV George Packer writes about Iraq for the New Yorker 16 October 2005
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2005; COS - Togo; Iraq; Journalism

• 2005: Iraq: Namibia RPCV Fern Holland Remembered 9 October 2005
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2005; COS - Namibia; Iraq

• 2005: Iraq: Nathaniel Fick joined the Marines because he wanted an adventure, a "deviation from the trampled path" that was "more transformative" than the Peace Corps 9 October 2005
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2005; Iraq

• 2005: Iraq: Senator Dodd says DoD should be ordered to reimburse body-armor costs 29 September 2005
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2005; RPCV Chris Dodd (Dominican Republic); COS - Dominican Republic; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2005: Iraq: Togo RPCV George Packer writes The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq in October 1 September 2005
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2005; COS - Togo; Iraq; Journalism

• 2005: Iraq: Chris Shays supports President's Iraq policy: A Revealing Interview with the Connecticut Congressman 24 August 2005
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2005; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2005: Iraq: Fiji RPCV Len Flier says Insurgents have set up a lose-lose scenario for U.S. 18 August 2005
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2005; COS - Fiji; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2005: Iraq: On Internet Blogs, Soldiers in Iraq Offer Up Inside Story on the War 12 August 2005
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2005; Blogs; Military; Iraq

• 2005: Iraq: Taft Declares Monday Official Day Of Mourning In Ohio 5 August 2005
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2005; RPCV Bob Taft (Tanzania); COS - Tanzania; Politics; State Government; Iraq; Ohio

• 2005: Iraq: Thailand RPCV Francis T. Mandanici says investigation of Bush Uranium Lies could lead to impeachment 4 July 2005
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2005; COS - Thailand; Speaking Out; Presidents - Bush; Iraq; Law

• 2005: Iraq: Moldova RPCV Diane Hardy supports troops in Iraq with letters 3 July 2005
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2005; COS - Moldova; Iraq; Service

• 2005: Iraq: Togo RPCV George Packer writes “The Home Front” about the death, in Iraq, of a twenty-two-year-old private named Kurt Frosheiser, the effect of Kurt’s death on his father, Chris, and the broader issues that death raises about the war 1 July 2005
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2005; COS - Togo; Iraq

• 2005: Iraq: Sam Farr joins New “Out-of-Iraq Congressional Caucus” 16 June 2005
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2005; RPCV Sam Farr (Colombia); COS - Colombia; Politics; Congress; Iraq; California

• 2005: Iraq: Labor Secretary Chao sees employment as key to Iraq's stability 9 June 2005
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2005; Elaine Chao; Elaine Chao (Director 1991 - 1992); Iraq

• 2005: Iraq: Philippines RPCV Ryan Clancy couldn't believe the federal government would punish him for visiting Iraq in February 2003 without at least granting him some kind of hearing. But after filing his own lawsuit against the government, he hopes to get his day in court. 30 May 2005
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2005; COS - Philippines; Iraq; Speaking Out; Wisconsin

• 2005: Iraq: Anti-U.S. protests spread in Islamic world reports RPCV James Rupert 14 May 2005
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2005; Iraq; Journalism; COS - Morocco; Islamic Issues

• 2005: Iraq: Aidan Delgado, son of an RPCV, believes that the absence of any real understanding of Arab or Muslim culture by most G.I.'s, combined with a lack of proper training and the unrelieved tension of life in a war zone, contributes to levels of fear and rage that lead to frequent instances of unnecessary violence. Mr. Delgado's background is unusual. He is an American citizen, but because his father was in the diplomatic corps, he grew up overseas. He spent eight years in Egypt, speaks Arabic and knows a great deal about the various cultures of the Middle East 2 May 2005
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2005; Iraq; Conscientious Objector; Speaking Out

• 2005: Iraq: Sam Farr praised Army Staff Sgt. Hendrix for his dedication to serving his country, making the ultimate sacrifice by giving his life 10 April 2005
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2005; RPCV Sam Farr (Colombia); COS - Colombia; Politics; Congress; Iraq; California

• 2005: Iraq: RPCV Al Kamen says Condi Rice is Baffled by the Shell Game 8 April 2005
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2005; COS - Tunisia; Journalism; Iraq; Diplomacy; Humor

• 2005: Iraq: Matt Sesow says he created “Collateral Damage (Living Hell)” to shine a light on the grief and pain of war. 31 March 2005
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2005; COS - Solomon Islands; Art; Painting; Disabilities; Iraq

• 2005: Iraq: On the weekend of the two-year anniversary of the U.S. led coalition attacking Iraq, several media companies, both cable and network, gave their figures on the death count of Iraqi civilians. Various human rights groups and the Peace Corps all gave substantially higher figures. [sic] 31 March 2005
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2005; Iraq; California

• 2005: Iraq: Paying tribute to Iraqi master Shakir Hassan al-Said before his legacy disappears 21 March 2005
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2005; Art; Islamic Issues; Iraq

• 2005: Iraq: A small group gathered in Pasadena, California where former U.S. Army soldier Aidan Delgado reminded people not to forget the human cost of war. "Look out and imagine 1,500 people standing here and now imagine them absent," he said. 20 March 2005
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2005; Iraq; Conscientious Objector; Speaking Out

• 2005: Iraq: RPCV John D. Erickson says: I am willing to concede that the events in Iraq probably have had a catalytic effect in spreading the idea of pluralistic democracy. What's more, I'll even have to admit that the newfound U.S. enthusiasm for collective punishment, arbitrary detention and torture has probably catalyzed the renewed and unapologetic disregard for human rights that we now see across the globe. 19 March 2005
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2005; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2005: Iraq: Sam Farr was among Democrats voting against President Bush's request for nearly $82 billion in emergency funds primarily for military spending in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Democrats criticized the administration's policies in Iraq and its repeated use of emergency funding requests to cover the costs of fighting there and in Afghanistan. The Democrats also cited what they called lax congressional oversight of reconstruction efforts in both nations 17 March 2005
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2005; RPCV Sam Farr (Colombia); COS - Colombia; Politics; Congress; Iraq; California

• 2005: Iraq: RPCV Fern Holland Remembered In Norman Ceremony 10 March 2005
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2005; COS - Namibia; Iraq; Oklahoma

• 2005: Iraq: US Senate honors RPCV Fern Holland 10 March 2005
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2005; RPCV Fern Holland (Namibia); COS - Namibia; Iraq; Oklahoma

• 2005: Iraq: Congressman Sam Farr, D-Carmel, is urging Army officials to reconsider their decision to hand over the body of Watsonville native Jason Hendrix, who died in Iraq last month, to his father in Oklahoma instead of to his mother Renee Amick of Freedom 3 March 2005
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2005; RPCV Sam Farr (Colombia); COS - Colombia; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Army; California

• 2005: Iraq: Ukraine PCV Robert says: I know people have discussed the reluctance of the left to acknowledge successes in the world by Bush but I wonder if I am the only person who is going through this kind of experience 28 February 2005
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2005; COS - Ukraine; Iraq; Presidents - Bush

• 2005: Iraq: Voting problems are to be expected, said Robert Blackwill, who helped choose Allawi as an envoy to Iraq 9 February 2005
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2005; RPCV Robert Blackwill (Malawi); COS - Malawi; Diplomacy; Iraq

• 2005: Iraq: Chris Shays was one of only two congressmen selected to travel to Iraq to observe that historic and even dangerous election process 8 February 2005
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2005; RPCV Chris Shays (Fiji); COS - Fiji; Congress; Iraq; Election Observers; Connecticut

• 2005: Iraq: RPCV Fern Holland left her comfortable life in Oklahoma to pursue human rights for the oppressed in Iraq, but ultimately her dedication cost her her life 31 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; COS - Namibia; Iraq; Oklahoma

• 2005: Iraq: The U.S. occupation authority in Iraq was unable to keep track of nearly $9 billion it transferred to government ministries, which lacked financial controls, security, communications and adequate staff, an inspector general has found. How about giving 1% ($90 M) of that to the Peace Corps in next year's appropriation? 31 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; Iraq; Appropriations

• 2005: Iraq: Sam Farr, 24 Dems, ask Bush to withdraw GIs from Iraq 27 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; COS - Colombia; Iraq; Congress; California

• 2005: Iraq: RPCV Robert Blackwill upbeat about peace in Iraq 20 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; COS - India; COS - Malawi; Diplomacy; Iraq

• 2005: Iraq: Dodd questions Condoleezza Rice on Abu Ghraib prison abuses 19 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; COS - Dominican Republic; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2005: Iraq: By just concentrating on four provinces in and around Baghdad, says RPCV Robert Blackwill, we are getting a distorted and overly pessimistic picture of what the situation in Iraq is really like 14 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; COS - India; COS - Malawi; Diplomacy; Iraq

• 2005: Iraq: Sixteen US Democrat Congress members including Sam Farr have urged President George W. Bush to begin the immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq 13 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; COS - Colombia; Congress; Iraq; California

• 2005: Iraq: American Soldier Aidan Delgado, son of RPCV, speaks of Iraq - In Good Conscience 10 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; Iraq; Conscientious Objector; Speaking Out

• 2005: Iraq: Coleman leaves Iraq; on way to Afghanistan 8 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; Iraq; Congress; Minnesota

• 2005: Iraq: Slain RPCV Fern Holland named Oklahoman of the Year 1 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; COS - Namibia; Iraq; Awards; Oklahoma

• 2004: Iraq: Rob Schultheis writes: In widely varied parts of Iraq, Army Civil Affairs teams have made real progress in befriending local Iraqis and bringing stability and peace to the areas where they have worked 27 December 2004
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2004; COS - Kenya; Military; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: War's horrors turn RPCV's son into pacifist 19 December 2004
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2004; Speaking Out; Iraq; Conscientious Objector

• 2004: Iraq: Conscientious Objector Aidan Delgado, son of RPCV, Witnessed Abuse, Killing of Iraqi Detainees at Abu Ghraib 17 December 2004
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2004; Speaking Out; Iraq; Conscientious Objector

• 2004: Iraq: Dodd says Rumsfeld's answer was unacceptable 9 December 2004
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2004; COS - Dominican Republic; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Military; Connecticut

• 2004: Iraq: Rumsfeld `Cavalier' on Iraq Gear, Dodd Says, Demanding Answers 9 December 2004
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2004; COS - Dominican Republic; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Military; Connecticut

• 2004: Iraq: Dodd demands answers to ongoing questions regarding troop supplies 8 December 2004
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2004; COS - Dominican Republic; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Military; Connecticut

• 2004: Iraq: "I want to let the American people understand what they are signing on for when they say they support the war in Iraq," Aidan Delgado, son of an RPCV says. In addition to the good work the American troops are doing in Iraq, Delgado said there is "a whole string of negative incidents." 4 December 2004
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2004; Iraq; Conscientious Objector; Speaking Out

• 2004: Iraq: Iraq remains too risky for many aid workers 17 November 2004
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2004; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Ex-Adviser Robert D. Blackwill Reportedly Hurt Embassy Aide - Kuwait Airport Incident Disputed 12 November 2004
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2004; COS - India; COS - Malawi; Diplomacy; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Slain soldier Stacy Pinto remembered for bighearted ways. Pintor’s father, Alberto, was born in the Philippines; his mother, Ellen, served there as a Peace Corps volunteer. 30 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; COS - Philippines; Iraq; Obituaries

• 2004: Iraq: Thomas Gouttierre interviewed for "Rush to War" 29 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; COS - Afghanistan; Documentaries; Movies; Speaking Out; Iraq; Nebraska

• 2004: Iraq: Chris Matthews interviews James Webb who says "I think that by putting our people in Iraq, we certainly made them targets in a way that they wouldn‘t have been if we were fighting the war against international terrorism from a position to maneuver" 27 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; COS - Swaziland; Television; Journalism; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: "He represents the best and brightest of his generation," Sam Farr told the congregation 23 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; COS - Colombia; Congress; Obituaries; Iraq; California

• 2004: Iraq: We asked the Republican incumbent in the 6th Congressional District, Tom Petri, how he would assess the war in Iraq and where we should go from here 21 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; COS - Somalia; Politics; Congress; Iraq; Wisconsin

• 2004: Iraq: Carol Bellamy says more than 200 primary schools were damaged by bombing since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 17 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; Carol Bellamy (Director 1993 - 1995); United Nations; Iraq; New York

• 2004: Iraq: The Peace Corps sent idealistic young Americans to build schools and dig wells and show the world how good the United States could be. These days, though, belligerent men with sunglasses and guns are America's most visible civilian representatives in some parts of the world. 15 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; COS - Afghanistan; Iraq; Military

• 2004: Iraq: "We learned a big lesson but people weren't listening. We should have gone into Iraq before 9/11," Congressman Chris Shays said during a debate at Temple Israel on Coleytown Road 15 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; COS - Fiji; Politics; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2004: Iraq: Morocco RPCV Jason Ben-Meir says to Indigenize Iraq's Reconstruction 12 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; COS - Morocco; Iraq; Community Development

• 2004: Iraq: Paul Johnson called for a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq by the end of 2005 following Iraqi elections, saying he believes a U.S. contingent should remain in Iraq as part of an international peacekeeping force 5 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; COS - Ghana; Politics; Iraq; Iowa

• 2004: Iraq: Dale Hand says: Niger RPCV David Gibbs' speech on Iraq was contradictory and ridiculous 27 September 2004
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2004; COS - Niger; University Administration; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Niger RPCV David Gibbs speaks to women's group on ‘Hidden U.S. Policy' toward Iraq 24 September 2004
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2004; COS - Niger; University Administration; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Chris Matthews discusses Arab culture, Peace Corps in interview with Seymour Hersch 16 September 2004
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2004; COS - Swaziland; Iraq; Journalism; Television; Islamic Issues

• 2004: Iraq: Investigative Reporter Seymour Hersch tells Returned Volunteer Chris Matthews on Hardball that "I was in Damascus just recently and they still like Americans, believe it or not. Most people make a distinction between the government and the people." 16 September 2004
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2004; COS - Swaziland; Iraq; Journalism; Television; Islamic Issues

• 2004: Iraq: Jamaica RPCVs Haven and Rose Whiteside witnessed chaos in Iraq 7 September 2004
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2004; COS - Jamaica; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Nepal RPCV David Mason says Atrocity by Iraqis May Hurt Other Muslims 7 September 2004
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2004; COS - Nepal; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2004: Iraq: History not in Kerry's favour 18 August 2004
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2004; Iraq; Diplomacy

• 2004: Iraq: John Fry asks if we should send PCVs to Iraq 10 August 2004
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2004; Speaking Out; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: MSU President Peter McPherson received a top honor from the U.S. Department of Treasury this week for his work in helping to rebuild Iraq's economy 7 August 2004
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2004; COS - Peru; Iraq; Michigan

• 2004: Iraq: U.S. Treasury honors McPherson with Distinguished Service Award 6 August 2004
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2004; COS - Peru; Iraq; Awards; Michigan

• 2004: Iraq: Honda Criticizes War in Iraq 4 August 2004
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2004; RPCV Mike Honda (El Salvador); COS - El Salvador; Politics; Congress; Iraq; California

• 2004: Iraq: RPCV Philip Acre says there is still time for the Bush Administration to win the hearts and minds of the people of Iraq and the people of America 29 July 2004
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2004; Speaking Out; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Former Associate Director for Liberia Ken Cobb hired by Halliburton subsidiary KBR to refuel jets in Iraq. 28 July 2004
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2004; COS - Liberia; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Sen. Jay Rockefeller, ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, was courageous enough in the wake of his committee's blistering assessment of pre-war intelligence to say something truly outrageous in the terms of Washington society: He said he was sorry. 24 July 2004
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2004; Staff; Iraq; Congress; Politics; Courage; West Virginia

• 2004: Iraq: Philippines RPCV Alan Winkler says "Cops of the world is not a wise goal" 21 July 2004
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2004; COS - Philippines; Speaking Out; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Cops of the world is not a wise goal 21 July 2004
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2004; Speaking Out; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Afghanistan RPCV John Barbee expands aid-relief operations into the Al Anbar province in Iraq 16 July 2004
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2004; COS - Afghanistan; Iraq; NGO's

• 2004: Iraq: Jack O'Dea says let's shut down the Peace Corps, at least until President Bush retires in January, so that our volunteers do not have to labor under the deceit of this administrations doublespeak, foreign policy and wink at the use of torture 13 July 2004
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2004; Iraq; Criticism; Speaking Out

• 2004: Iraq: RPCV Sam Farr says U.S. cannot simply "leave" Iraq, as some people have suggested. "We're going to have to show the people there how to empower themselves so that they can take care of themselves when we are gone," Farr said, comparing it to his time in the Peace Corps 2 July 2004
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2004; COS - Colombia; Politics; Iraq; California

• 2004: Iraq: Burundi RPCV Greg Wong will be first secretary - second in command - in the embassy's commercial section in Iraq 25 June 2004
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2004; COS - Burundi; Diplomacy; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Peter McPherson being honored for his work in Iraq and at MSU 25 June 2004
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2004; COS - Peru; University Education; Iraq; Michigan

• 2004: Iraq: Burundi RPCV Greg Wong accepts posting in Baghdad 10 June 2004
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2004; COS - Burundi; Diplomacy; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Sarah Chayes says "It's hard for an American -- even as "embedded" an American as me -- to fully guage the joint effects of disillusionment and the Iraq prison scandal on Afghans' attitude toward the current regime and its US shepherds." 29 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; COS - Afghanistan; COS - Morocco; Journalism; Service; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Chris Matthews says that if Rumsfeld or Wolfowitz "had spent 15 minutes in the Peace Corps, they would have known that Third World people don‘t like First World people coming in with tanks and yelling orders and taking over their country" 27 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; COS - Swaziland; Journalism; Television; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Swaziland RPCV Chris Matthews tells Wesley Clark "If either of these guys had spent 15 minutes in the Peace Corps, they would have known that Third World people don‘t like First World people coming in with tanks and yelling orders and taking over their country." 27 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; COS - Swaziland; Journalism; Television; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Chris Matthews says "I was in the Peace Corps. Anybody who spent three seconds in a third world country was told don‘t talk politics or they‘ll kick you out of the country. " 26 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; COS - Swaziland; Journalism; Television; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Peter McPherson says Success in Iraq is critical for U.S. 21 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; COS - Peru; Iraq; Michigan

• 2004: Iraq: If another Guard unit is mobilized, well-loved teacher and Botswana RPCV Richard Galli may go to war 17 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; COS - Botswana; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Mark Schneider and the ICG would like to see the immediate appointment, overseen by the UN, of a consultative assembly of Iraqis, which would essentially form a transitional government 16 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; Mark Schneider (Director 1999 - 2000); Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Trouble in Iraq - An Interview with Mark Schneider and Major General Peter Abigail 16 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; Iraq; Mark Schneider (Director 1999 - 2000)

• 2004: Iraq: The idea of American "exceptionalism" spawned the Peace Corps, moved mountains of food aid and promoted the spread of human rights but it also led us into the swamps of Vietnam, the jungles of Central America, the deserts of Iraq 12 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2004: Iraq: A Double Ordeal for Female Prisoners in Iraq 11 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; Iraq; Islamic Issues; Cross Cultural Issues

• 2004: Iraq: My friend, a Peace Corps Volunteer, always went the extra mile. Now his son is helping America become the most hated country on earth. 7 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; COS - Barbados; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2004: Iraq: Senator Chris Dodd said the photographed abuse of Iraqi prisoners of war "goes beyond a few bad apples." 6 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; COS - Dominican Republic; Iraq; Congress; Connecticut

• 2004: Iraq: Rep. Christopher Shays said the photographed abuse of Iraqi prisoners of war "They’re so horrible, they’re so degrading, and they fly in the face of everything that makes us American" 6 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; COS - Fiji; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2004: Iraq: Candidate Diane Farrell says Chris Shays is out of touch with his constituents 6 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; COS - Fiji; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2004: Iraq: Chris Shays says U.S. made mistakes in Iraq 5 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; COS - Fiji; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2004: Iraq: Former Morocco Country Director David Fredrick, joins U.S. diplomats who applaud our 52 British colleagues who recently sent a letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair criticising his Middle East policy and calling on Britain to exert more influence over the United States 4 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; Iraq; Diplomacy; Country Directors - Morocco

• 2004: Iraq: Shays Shuns Pentagon Tour to Seek Answers in Iraq 1 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; COS - Fiji; Congress; Politics; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2004: Iraq: Peru RPCV Peter McPherson talks about gains in Iraq 1 May 2004
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2004; COS - Peru; Iraq; Michigan

• 2004: Iraq: Congressman Chris Shays, who is leading a US House of Representatives investigation into the oil-for-food program, told reporters on his return from Iraq this week that Saddam skimmed $US10 billion from the program 29 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; COS - Fiji; Congress; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2004: Iraq: RPCV Rachel Zelon rescues remaining Iraqi Jews 29 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; Iraq; Jewish Issues

• 2004: Iraq: RPCV Tom Maertens says Support the troops by bringing them home 27 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2004: Iraq: For more on Iraq, including the scandal over the U.N.'s oil-for- food program, we turn now to Congressman Chris Shays, who's just back from Iraq and is leading a House investigation of the U.N. program 25 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; COS - Fiji; Iraq; NGO's; Congress; Connecticut

• 2004: Iraq: "The fighting in Iraq is exacting a heavy toll," said UNICEF Executive Director and former Peace Corps director Carol Bellamy, "and children are paying with their lives." 22 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; Carol Bellamy (Director 1993 - 1995); Unicef; Children; Iraq; United Nations; New York

• 2004: Iraq: Whenever I hear U.S. politicians talk about spreading democracy to Iraq, I reflect on my old Peace Corps days in Cameroon. While Peace Corps volunteers generally remain pretty innocuous in the realm of foreign relations, I can only imagine the reaction if I had gone to Cameroon packing weapons claiming I was there to help. Not good. 20 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; COS - Cameroon; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2004: Iraq: Tulsa lawyer Namibia RPCV Fern Holland, 33, who had left her lucrative legal practice to join the Peace Corps several years ago, and signed on with the CPA to start women's center 18 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; COS - Namibia; Iraq; Oklahoma

• 2004: Iraq: RPCV Tom Maertens says Iraq has look of a no-win situation 13 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2004: Iraq: Former Peace Corps Regional Director Jerry Leach says Iraq democracy shouldn’t follow Turkey 10 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; COS - Turkey; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Former Peace Corps Director Mark Gearan recalls that after bodies of soldiers were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu "Making the case for the involvement was the challenge President Clinton had, and it was not met." 10 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; Mark Gearan (Director 1995 - 1999); COS - Somalia; Iraq; New York

• 2004: Iraq: Calling of a Generation by former Peace Corps Deputy Director Bill Moyers 7 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2004: Iraq: Fern Holland honored 6 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; COS - Namibia; Iraq; Safety and Security of Volunteers; Oklahoma

• 2004: Iraq: A Terrible Mess 3 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; Iraq; COS - Bangladesh; COS - Iran; Speaking Out

• 2004: Iraq: RPCV Fern Holland, Killed in Iraq is Remembered by Her Family, Friends 2 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; COS - Namibia; Iraq; Safety and Security of Volunteers; Oklahoma

• 2004: Iraq: After an advocate's killing, Iraqi women try to stay course 1 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; COS - Namibia; Iraq; Safety and Security of Volunteers

• 2004: Iraq: Former Morocco Country Director Richard Holbrooke appointed the Permanent United States Representative to the United Nations 20 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; COS - Morocco; Iraq; Speaking Out; Country Directors - Morocco

• 2004: Iraq: Namibia RPCV Fern Holland remembered in memorial 20 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; COS - Namibia; Obituaries; Iraq; Women's Issues; Oklahoma

• 2004: Iraq: Meet the conservative Peace Corps 20 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2004: Iraq: Dominican Republic RPCV Senator Chris Dodd is an internationalist 20 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; Politics; Iraq; COS - Dominican Republic; Congress; Connecticut

• 2004: Iraq: Compelled to help, idealistic Namibia RPCV Fern Holland pressed on despite danger 19 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; Iraq; COS - Namibia; Obituaries; Oklahoma

• 2004: Iraq: Namibia RPCV Fern Holland put her life on the line for Iraqi Women 16 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; COS - Namibia; Obituaries; Iraq; Women's Issues; Oklahoma

• 2004: Iraq: Namibia RPCV Fern Holland Remembered 14 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; COS - Namibia; Obituaries; Iraq; Women's Issues; Oklahoma

• 2004: Iraq: "If I die, know that I'm doing precisely what I want to be doing," said RPCV Fern Holland 12 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; COS - Namibia; Obituaries; Iraq; Women's Issues; Oklahoma

• 2004: Iraq: Their suggestion is to devise a plan so citizens can work alongside soldiers in places where expertise and resources are already stretched thin. Advocates of the plan imagine it as a Peace Corps for the 21st century. 12 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2004: Iraq: Namibia RPCV Fern Holland killed in attack was advocate for Iraqi women's rights 11 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; COS - Namibia; Obituaries; Iraq; Women's Issues; Oklahoma

• 2004: Iraq: Namibia RPCV Fern Holland killed in attack in Iraq was advocate for women's rights 11 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; COS - Namibia; Obituaries; Iraq; Women's Issues; Oklahoma

• 2004: Iraq: Simple Acts of Kindness by Morocco RPCV James Rupert 1 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; COS - Morocco; Journalism; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: Thailand RPCV Colin Tong nominated for Award for leading a national advocacy campaign that resulted in two New York Times ads expressing the humanitarian concerns of 1,850 returned Peace Corps Volunteers and urging a peaceful resolution to the crisis in Iraq 26 February 2004
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2004; COS - Thailand; Iraq; Speaking Out; Advocacy

• 2004: Iraq: Former Yemen Peace Corps Country Director Joseph Ghougassian spreads American ideas of politics, law, rights and governance in Iraq with Fulbright Scholarships 14 February 2004
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2004; COS - Yemen; Country Directors - Yemen; Iraq; Fulbright Scholarships

• 2004: Iraq: Former Director Elaine Chao visits Iraq 30 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Iraq; Elaine Chao (Director 1991 - 1992)

• 2004: Iraq: Uruguay RPCV Ron St. John in Baghdad, helping build new democracy 21 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Iraq; COS - Uruguay; Service; Arizona

• 2004: Iraq: Marines create armed version of the Peace Corps 7 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Iraq; Military

• 2004: Iraq: Editorial: Peace corps 5 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Iraq

• 2004: Iraq: A 14-year-old male was arrested and convicted for the arson of the house of Mauritania RPCV Cindy Hunter and her family 1 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; COS - Mauritania; Speaking Out; Iraq; Crime

• 2004: Iraq: Slain RPCV Fern Holland named Oklahoman of the Year 1 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; COS - Namibia; Iraq; Awards; Oklahoma

• 2004: Iraq: Charlie Peters says One of the most consistent complaints of Peace Corps Volunteers volunteers concerned the tendency of other Americans to live together in compounds, isolated from the people of the country in which they were living 1 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Jamaica RPCVs Rose and Haven Whiteside Bound For Baghdad To "Take Risks For Peace' 25 December 2003
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2003; COS - Jamaica; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Peru RPCV Peter McPherson says Iraq's finances were a mess 17 December 2003
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2003; COS - Peru; Iraq; Economics; Michigan

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV Congressman Tom Petri urges caution for Saddam trial 16 December 2003
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2003; Iraq; Congress; COS - Somalia; Politics; Speaking Out; Wisconsin

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV Congressman Chris Shays says Saddam totally misread our intentions 15 December 2003
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2003; Iraq; Congress; COS - Fiji; Politics; Speaking Out; Connecticut

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV Senator Chris Dodd says Saddam's capture signals the beginning of the healing process and the building of new lives 15 December 2003
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2003; Iraq; Congress; COS - Dominican Republic; Politics; Speaking Out; Connecticut

• 2003: Iraq: Nepal RPCV Mark Fritzler works for Save the Children in Iraq 20 November 2003
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2003; Iraq; NGO's; COS - Nepal

• 2003: Iraq: Student Government Association collecting Aid for Arson victim Mauritania RPCV Cindy Hunter and her family 10 November 2003
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2003; COS - Mauritania; Speaking Out; Iraq; Crime

• 2003: Iraq: Mauritania RPCV Cindy Hunter, a professor at JMU, took the brunt of a much more violent attack when a sign on her porch protesting the war against Iraq was set on fire 3 November 2003
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2003; COS - Mauritania; Speaking Out; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Spurred by arson at the home of JMU social work Professor Cindy Hunter and her family, a rally in support of the First Amendment and of respect for the plurality of views in America is planned on campus, sponsored by the JMU department of social work 26 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; COS - Mauritania; Speaking Out; Iraq; Crime

• 2003: Iraq: Arson Assault on Mauritania RPCV Cindy Hunter and her family 22 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; COS - Mauritania; Speaking Out; Iraq; Crime

• 2003: Iraq: 'Sticker shock,' lack of briefing motivated Petri's vote against Iraq bill 22 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; COS - Somalia; Congress; Iraq; Wisconsin

• 2003: Iraq: 'Sticker shock,' lack of briefing motivated Petri's vote against Iraq bill 22 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; COS - Somalia; Congress; Iraq; Speaking Out; Wisconsin

• 2003: Iraq: Vigil Shows Support For Fire Victims Mauritania RPCV Cindy Hunter and her family 21 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; COS - Mauritania; Speaking Out; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Arsonist Burns Home of Peace Activist and Mauritania RPCV Cindy Hunter 20 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; COS - Mauritania; Speaking Out; Iraq; Crime

• 2003: Iraq: Congressman Thomas Petri explains why he opposed Iraq spending bill 17 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; COS - Somalia; Congress; Iraq; Speaking Out; Wisconsin

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV Sam Farr votes against Iraq aid 10 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; Iraq; Congress; Speaking Out; COS - Colombia; California

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV James Walsh has concerns over Bush request for Iraqi, Afghan funds 8 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; Iraq; Congress; Speaking Out; COS - Nepal; New York

• 2003: Iraq: Peru RPCV Peter McPherson says Foundation built for Iraq's new economy 3 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; Iraq; COS - Peru; Economics; Michigan

• 2003: Iraq: Winning the Hearts and Minds? 29 September 2003
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2003; Speaking Out; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Collin Tong named to NPCA Board of Directors 24 September 2003
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2003; COS - Thailand; NPCA; Advocacy; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV McPherson to return from Iraq next week 19 September 2003
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2003; COS - Peru; Iraq; Economics; Michigan

• 2003: Iraq: Morocco RPCV Jim Swanson says Peace Corps yields huge peace dividends 10 September 2003
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2003; COS - Morocco; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV Shays Calls for Better Rebuilding Efforts in Iraq 29 August 2003
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2003; Congress; COS - Fiji; Congress; Iraq; Speaking Out; Connecticut

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV Congressman Chris Shays says Iraq Effort Needs Allied Help 27 August 2003
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2003; Iraq; Congress; COS - Fiji; Speaking Out; Connecticut

• 2003: Iraq: Statement by Carol Bellamy, UNICEF Executive Director, on the tragedy in Iraq 22 August 2003
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2003; Carol Bellamy (Director 1993 - 1995); Iraq; COS - Guatemala; Speaking Out; United Nations; New York

• 2003: Iraq: Somber reminders of danger 16 August 2003
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2003; Safety and Security of Volunteers; COS - Afghanistan; COS - Eritrea; Iraq; Oregon

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• 2003: Iraq: Philippines RPCV Ryan Clancy fined $10,000 for protesting war in Iraq 12 August 2003
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2003; COS - Philippines; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2003: Iraq: Iraq: The Aftermath. RPCV fined $10,000 for protesting war in Iraq 12 August 2003
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2003; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2003: Iraq: Thailand RPCV Thomas Tighe's Direct Relief International Is Sending Medical Supplies to Iraq 11 August 2003
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2003; COS - Thailand; NGO's; Iraq; California

• 2003: Iraq: Don't Soften the Army, Harden the Peace Corps - and send them into Afghanistan and Iraq 25 July 2003
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2003; Iraq; COS - Afghanistan

• 2003: Iraq: Send in the Peace Corps? 23 July 2003
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2003; COS - Morocco; Speaking Out; COS - Afghanistan; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Fiji RPCV Congressman Chris Shays says: We will find weapons in Iraq 13 July 2003
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2003; Iraq; COS - Fiji; Congress; Speaking Out; Connecticut

• 2003: Iraq: Peru RPCV Peter McPherson challenged to install free market economy in Iraq 2 July 2003
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2003; COS - Peru; Economics; Michigan

• 2003: Iraq: Kenya RPCV Jacqueline Gold travels to Iraq as reporter 27 June 2003
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2003; Journalism; COS - Kenya; Iraq; Jewish Issues

• 2003: Iraq: Former Peace Corps Volunteers and Staff Participate in Iraqi Humanitarian Efforts 19 May 2003
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2003; COS - Peru; Economics

• 2003: Iraq: Former Peace Corps Director Bellamy warns of Iraq humanitarian crisis 18 May 2003
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2003; Iraq; Carol Bellamy (Director 1993 - 1995); COS - Guatemala; Speaking Out; United Nations; New York

• 2003: Iraq: Peru RPCV Peter McPherson leaves for Iraq 12 May 2003
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2003; COS - Peru; Economics; Michigan

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV Peter McPherson says Iraq's economic recovery will take time 2 May 2003
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2003; COS - Peru; Iraq; University Administration; Economics; Michigan

• 2003: Iraq: Serious Concerns over Military Control of NGO Relief Efforts in Iraq 2 May 2003
  Tags: Headlines: May, 2003; Iraq; NGO's

• 2003: Iraq: Shays urges resolution of Israeli-Palestinian conflict 29 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Fiji; Congress; Iraq; Speaking Out; Palestine; Connecticut

• 2003: Iraq: Rep. Shays Calls For Rebuilding Iraq Quickly 29 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Fiji; Congress; Iraq; Speaking Out; Connecticut

• 2003: Iraq: Peru RPCV Peter McPherson to oversee Iraq's economic recovery 27 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Peru; Iraq; University Administration; Economics; Michigan

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV Congressman Shays talks about experience in Iraq 26 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Fiji; Iraq; Speaking Out; Connecticut

• 2003: Iraq: Rebuilding Iraqi banks challenges Peru RPCV McPherson 26 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Peru; Iraq; University Administration; Economics; Michigan

• 2003: Iraq: U.S. Announces Peru RPCV Peter McPherson as Financial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction 25 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Peru; Iraq; University Administration; Economics; Michigan

• 2003: Iraq: Board approves Peru RPCV McPherson's departure, president to leave in days 25 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Peru; Iraq; University Administration; Economics; Michigan

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV Congressman Chris Shays travels to Iraq - Says Humanitarian Aid Organizations are frustrated 23 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Congress; Iraq; COS - Fiji; Connecticut

• 2003: Iraq: U.S. relief agencies hobbled in drive to help Iraqis 22 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Relief organization enters Basra for assessment 20 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Fiji; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Peru RPCV Peter McPherson will lead the effort to re-establish a financial system in war-torn Iraq 18 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Peru; Iraq; University Administration; Michigan

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV Congressman Shays enters Iraq with aid workers 17 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Fiji; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV Rep. Shays is first lawmaker in Iraq 16 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Fiji; Iraq; Connecticut

• 2003: Iraq: Thailand RPCV Collin Tong says US must meet its humanitarian obligations in Iraq 14 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Thailand; Iraq; Speaking Out

• 2003: Iraq: Former Morocco Country Director Richard Holbrooke says not to discount the importance of the United Nations in Iraq reconstruction process 9 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Morocco; Iraq; Speaking Out; Country Directors - Morocco

• 2003: Iraq: PCV in Moldova says Reactions range from uncertain to outraged a time zone away from Iraq 6 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Moldova; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: PCV in Moldova says Reactions range from uncertain to outraged a time zone away from Iraq 6 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Moldova; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Cameroon RPCV Margaret Krome says $75 Billion Not Even Close to True Cost of War on Iraq 4 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Cameroon; Journalism; Speaking Out; Iraq; Appropriations; Wisconsin

• 2003: Iraq: Peace Corps Suspends Program in Morocco 3 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; COS - Morocco; Safety and Security of Volunteers; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Barbados RPCV Lynn Fisher works with Operation MOM to support active military personnel 2 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Iraq; COS - Barbados; Service

• 2003: Iraq: Special Report: Safety and Security of Volunteers during Conflict with Iraq 30 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; RPCV Hugh Pickens (Peru); Iraq; Safety and Security of Volunteers

• 2003: Iraq: Liberia RPCV Huy Pham setting up a refugee relief project for Iraqi war victims 24 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; Service; COS - Liberia; War in Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Bahrain RPCVs Dennis and Debbie Hickman living in Kuwait comment on preparations for war in Iraq 23 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; COS - Bahrain; Education; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Bahrain RPCVs Dennis and Debbie Hickman living in Kuwait comment on preparations for war in Iraq 23 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; COS - Bahrain; Education; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Hungary RPCV Chris Twombley leads class in discussion of Iraq crisis 21 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; COS - Hungary; Secondary Education; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Colombia RPCV Margaret Riley, head of the Study Abroad office at Duke University, has heard a lot of people asking her whether the office will cancel any of their programs with the possibility of war with Iraq 20 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; COS - Colombia; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV Walter Haan urges support of the men going into action 20 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; War in Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Veterans say those seeking peace should devote their time to the Peace Corps, not protesting 20 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; War in Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Signatures by RPCVs who contributed to the Ads that ran in the New York Times (Part 1) 14 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; Advocacy; Speaking Out; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Signatures by RPCVs who contributed to the Ads that ran in the New York Times (Part 2) 14 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; Advocacy; Speaking Out; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Second Ad of RPCVs opposing War in Iraq runs in NY Times 14 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; COS - Thailand; Advocacy; NPCA

• 2003: Iraq: Signatures by RPCVs who contributed to the Ads that ran in the New York Times (Part 1) 14 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; COS - Thailand; Advocacy

• 2003: Iraq: Signatures by RPCVs who contributed to the Ads that ran in the New York Times (Part 2) 14 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; COS - Thailand; Advocacy

• 2003: Iraq: NPCA Board passes Resolution on Iraq 13 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; NPCA

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV Duaine Goodno says the situation in Afghanistan and other countries could deteriorate quickly 11 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; COS - Afghanistan; Safety and Security of Volunteers; Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: India RPCV Stephen Downs arrested in mall for wearing antiwar t-shirt 6 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; COS - India; Speaking Out; Crime

• 2003: Iraq: India RPCV Stephen Downs pleads not guilty to trespassing 6 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; COS - India; Speaking Out

• 2003: Iraq: Mall Wants to Drop Peace T-Shirt Charges against India RPCV Stephen Downs 6 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; COS - India; Speaking Out; Crime

• 2003: Iraq: RPCV arrested for wearing antiwar t-shirt 6 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; COS - India; Speaking Out; Crime

• 2003: Iraq: Special Report: RPCV arrested for wearing antiwar t-shirt 5 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; RPCV Hugh Pickens (Peru); Iraq

• 2003: Iraq: Thomas Tighe's Direct Relief International is ready if war breaks out 1 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; COS - Thailand; NGO's; Iraq; California

• 2003: Iraq: How I got involved in the New York Times Ad Campaign 27 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003; COS - Thailand; Advocacy; NPCA

• 2003: Iraq: Afghanistan After the War bodes ill for Iraq 24 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003; COS - Afghanistan; Development

• 2003: Iraq: Half Page Ad of RPCVs opposing War in Iraq runs in NY Times 21 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003; COS - Thailand; Advocacy; NPCA

• 2003: Iraq: Full U.S. Control Planned for Iraq 21 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003

• 2003: Iraq: Sam Farr leads opposition to War in Iraq 19 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003; COS - Colombia; Congress; Speaking Out; California

• 2003: Iraq: It won't end with Iraq 18 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003; Speaking Out

• 2003: Iraq: Chris Shays, The War Hawk 17 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003; COS - Fiji; Congress; Politics; Iraq; Speaking Out; Connecticut

• 2003: Iraq: Former China Country Director Peter J. Foley says President Bush, tragically, has America's global priorities wrong 10 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003; COS - China; Speaking Out; Country Directors - China; President Bush

• 2003: Iraq: Turkmenistan RPCV Joan Heron says Citizens must not be afraid to protest the 'Juggernaut of war' 9 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003; COS - Turkmenistan; Speaking Out

• 2003: Iraq: Colombia RPCV Sam Farr pushes peace over war with Iraq 9 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003; COS - Colombia; Congress; Speaking Out; California

• 2003: Iraq: Swaziland RPCV Joan Moore brings word from Baghdad 8 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003; COS - Swaziland

• 2003: Iraq: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers for a Better World meet goal for NY Times Ad opposing war with Iraq 4 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003

• 2003: Iraq: RPCVs organize to place Full Page ad in NY Times against War in Iraq 2 February 2003
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2003; Speaking Out; NPCA

• 2003: Iraq: Afghanistan RPCV Courtney Siceloff protests war over Iraq 10 January 2003
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2003; COS - Afghanistan; Speaking Out; Peace Building

• 2003: Iraq: Rear Admiral Rempt says we must revitalize the Peace Corps as part of War on Terror 1 January 2003
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2003; Speaking Out; Terrorism

• 2002: Iraq: Former Peace Corps Director Celeste calls it a mistake to focus exclusively on Iraq 24 December 2002
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2002; Richard Celeste (Director 1979 - 1981)

• 2002: Iraq: Afghanistan RPCV Courtney Siceloff sends an open letter to Senator Zell Miller on Iraq 6 December 2002
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2002; COS - Afghanistan; Peace Builders

• 2002: Iraq: Afghanistan RPCV Courtney Siceloff sends an open letter to Senator Zell Miller on Iraq 6 December 2002
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2002; COS - Afghanistan; Peace Builders; Iraq

• 2002: Iraq: RPCV Gretchen Kafoury makes Eye-opening return trip to Iran 5 December 2002
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2002; COS - Iran; Return to our Country of Service - Iran; Speaking Out; Oregon

• 2002: Iraq: Cameroon RPCV Margaret Krome says War Ignores Life's Sacredness 14 November 2002
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2002; COS - Cameroon; Journalism; Speaking Out; Iraq; Wisconsin

• 2002: Iraq: Afghanistan RPCV Courtney Siceloff arrested at Senator Zell Miller's office for staging a sit-in protest 13 November 2002
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2002; COS - Afghanistan; Peace Builders

• 2002: Iraq: Afghanistan RPCV Courtney Siceloff arrested at Senator Zell Miller's office for staging a sit-in protest 13 November 2002
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2002; COS - Afghanistan; Peace Builders

• 2002: Iraq: RPCVs discuss pre-emptive strike on Iraq 27 October 2002
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2002; Speaking Out

• 2002: Iraq: CONTACT the French Foreign Ministry, Let the French Know of Our Opposition to the Illegal Action of a War on Iraq 27 October 2002
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2002; Speaking Out

• 2002: Iraq: Cameroon RPCV Margaret Krome says Viet Vet Still Struggles with Aftermath of War 17 October 2002
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2002; COS - Cameroon; Journalism; Speaking Out; Iraq; Wisconsin

• 2002: Iraq: Namibia RPCV Fern Holland organizes Pen Pal Program with African Village 11 October 2002
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2002; COS - Namibia; Obituaries; Iraq; Women's Issues; Oklahoma

• 2002: Iraq: Special Report: RPCVs discuss pre-emptive strike on Iraq 7 October 2002
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2002; RPCV Hugh Pickens (Peru); Iraq

• 2002: Iraq: RPCV Congressman Chris Shays Sees Need For Pre-emptive Action In Iraq 7 October 2002
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2002; Speaking Out; Congress; COS - Fiji; Connecticut

• 2002: Iraq: RPCVs Farr and Honda oppose attack on Iraq 5 October 2002
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2002; Speaking Out; Congress; COS - Colombia; COS - El Salvador; California

• 2002: Iraq: RPCV and Vietnam Veteran Congressmen from Connecticut have differing views on war with Iraq 30 September 2002
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2002; Congress

• 2002: Iraq: Afghanistan RPCV Thomas Gouttierre says U.S. should focus on Afghanistan, not Iraq 26 September 2002
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2002; Speaking Out; COS - Afghanistan; Nebraska

• 2002: Iraq: Serious Disagreements between the United States and Russia over Iraq may imperil Peace Corps in Russia 17 August 2002
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2002; Overseas Programs; COS - Russia

• 2002: Iraq: Cameroon RPCV Margaret Krome says Bush Invokes Sovereignty Wrongly, Sacrifices It Recklessly 7 July 2002
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2002; COS - Cameroon; Journalism; Speaking Out; Iraq; Wisconsin

• 2002: Iraq: White House warmonger 9 June 2002
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2002; Speaking Out; COS - Swaziland; Iraq; Journalism; Television

• 2002: Iraq: June 9, 2002: White House warmonger by Chris Matthews 9 June 2002
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2002; Speaking Out; COS - Swaziland; Iraq; Journalism; Television

• 2002: Iraq: Volunteers taken off Standfast in Senegal 10 April 2002
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2002; COS - Senegal; Safety and Security of Volunteers; Iraq

• 2001: Iraq: The students, who won essay competitions at their school, are being accompanied by Fern Holland, a US Peace Corps volunteer, Erasmus Mwiikeni, Hilie Paulus, and Andreas Nangolo, all teachers at Onamutai Combined School 1 March 2001
  Tags: ; COS - Namibia; Obituaries; Iraq; Women's Issues; Oklahoma

• 1998: Iraq: 1998: Camellia El-Antably served in Jordan in Malka and Iraq Al Amir beginning in 1998 31 December 1998
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1998; COS - Jordan