October 24, 2003 - LA Times: Vasquez to Quit Peace Corps Post

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Read and comment on this story from the LA Times on Gaddi Vasquez's resignation as Peace Corps Director 21 months after he was confirmed for the post:

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"I've had a tremendously good time here," Vasquez said in an interview Thursday, "but I decided it was a good time to come home to Orange County and my family," including his aging parents. Vasquez, 48, told employees his decision came with mixed emotions. Since he took over in February 2002, he said, the agency has been given record appropriations, processed record numbers of applications and volunteers, and added projects to the 73 countries it serves. "The honor and opportunity to lead an agency with such a noble mission has been one of the great highlights of my professional life," he said. "I will always be grateful to President Bush for the high honor and confidence he had in nominating me to serve."


Vasquez said he had no job lined up despite his active support for Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger. Vasquez was among the Schwarzenegger backers who celebrated on election night with the governor-elect at the Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Read the story at:

Vasquez to Quit Peace Corps Post*

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Vasquez to Quit Peace Corps Post

Former O.C. supervisor has been director less than two years. He says he has no job lined up.

By Jean O. Pasco, Times Staff Writer

Former Orange County Supervisor Gaddi H. Vasquez will step down next month as director of the Peace Corps, leaving the post he has held for nearly two years.

He made the announcement Wednesday to employees of the $295-million relief agency in Washington. His resignation is effective Nov. 14.

"I've had a tremendously good time here," Vasquez said in an interview Thursday, "but I decided it was a good time to come home to Orange County and my family," including his aging parents.

Vasquez, 48, told employees his decision came with mixed emotions. Since he took over in February 2002, he said, the agency has been given record appropriations, processed record numbers of applications and volunteers, and added projects to the 73 countries it serves.

"The honor and opportunity to lead an agency with such a noble mission has been one of the great highlights of my professional life," he said. "I will always be grateful to President Bush for the high honor and confidence he had in nominating me to serve."

Vasquez said he had no job lined up despite his active support for Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger. Vasquez was among the Schwarzenegger backers who celebrated on election night with the governor-elect at the Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

"I'm going to take it easy for a little while," he said.

A former police officer in Orange, Vasquez served in the 1980s as Gov. George Deukmejian's Hispanic liaison, then as chief deputy appointments secretary.

In 1987 he was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Orange County Board of Supervisors. He won election to the post in 1988, at the time making him the highest-ranking elected Latino Republican in the state.

That same year, Vasquez captured national attention during the Republican convention in Houston as a speaker before then-Vice President George H.W. Bush was nominated to succeed President Reagan as the party standard-bearer.

Vasquez served as a county supervisor from 1987 to 1995 before resigning in the months following the county's December 1994 bankruptcy. He joined Southern California Edison but left three months later to resume his law enforcement career and, he said at the time, to spend more time with his family. He returned to Edison a short time later as division vice president of public affairs.

Vasquez remained active in Republican politics and served on the California steering committee for George W. Bush's presidential campaign. He also contributed $100,000 to the GOP National Committee, money left over from his old supervisory campaigns.

Vasquez was confirmed by the Senate in 2002 to head the Peace Corps despite efforts by a small but vocal group of former corps volunteers who questioned his lack of experience in international humanitarian issues and foreign affairs.

They argued that the new director should be one of the 160,000 returned volunteers instead of a political appointee. Most of the Peace Corps' 15 past directors had come from outside the agency, many with scant relevant experience.

The Peace Corps directorship marked Vasquez's second appointed tour in Washington. He served on two White House commissions under the first Bush administration.

His wife, Elaine, assistant to Sheriff Michael S. Carona, said she and their son, Jason, 24, would be the first to welcome him back.

"I am very happy to have him home," she said.



October 24, 2003 - Some suggest Vasquez is coming home to work for Schwarzenegger





Arnold Schwarzenegger stands with wife Maria Shriver and her parents, Sargent and Eunice Shriver, as they celebrate his win in the California governor recall election at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, Oct. 7, 2003


Here's another take on Gaddi Vasquez's resignation as Peace Corps Director, this time from his home town newspaper, the Orange County Register, who report that Vasquez says he is returning to Orange County "to rest and take some time to recharge my batteries." They go on to say that observers expressed surprise that Vasquez is leaving Washington 21 months after his appointment in order to "rest:"

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Some suggested that Vasquez is coming home to work for Schwarzenegger or to run for another public office. "Gaddi is a pretty calculated guy ... he definitely is not going to do something without a backup plan," said Mario Rodriquez, vice chairman of the California Republican Party. Vasquez insisted in an interview that he has no plans for another public or political job. "I haven't thought about it as yet," Vasquez said. "What the future holds I can't predict."


"Peace Corps Online" would be very surprised if Vasquez is coming back to work for newly elected California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger is married to Maria Shriver, daughter of Peace Corps Founding Director Sargent Shriver and both Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver campaigned actively on Arnold's behalf in the recent recall campaign.

During Gaddi Vasquez's controversial confirmation hearings for Peace Corps Director, Sargent Shriver wrote a letter to Senator Chris Dodd, then Chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the Peace Corps, opposing Vasquez's nomination that said "that Gaddi Vasquez is lacking in scores of ways for putting together anything like the Peace Corps." Unless there has been a reapproachment between Gaddi Vasquez and the Shrivers, we would find it doubtful that Schwarzenegger would find a place in his administration for someone so strongly opposed by his Father-in-law. Read the story and make up your own mind at:


Vasquez leaving the Peace Corps after less than two years at helm*

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Vasquez leaving the Peace Corps after less than two years at helm

He says it's to rest, but there is major speculation about a political motive.

• 'Rising star' comes home early

By CHRIS KNAP

The Orange County Register

WASHINGTON – Gaddi H. Vasquez said Thursday that he is resigning as director of the Peace Corps and returning to Orange County "to rest and take some time to recharge my batteries."

Vasquez is a former Orange County supervisor and former appointments secretary for Republican Gov. George Deukmejian, and supported Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor. And he's long been considered an asset by the California GOP.

With that background, observers expressed surprise that Vasquez, who is 48, is leaving Washington 21 months after his appointment in order to "rest."

Some suggested that Vasquez is coming home to work for Schwarzenegger or to run for another public office.

"Gaddi is a pretty calculated guy ... he definitely is not going to do something without a backup plan," said Mario Rodriquez, vice chairman of the California Republican Party.

Vasquez insisted in an interview that he has no plans for another public or political job. "I haven't thought about it as yet," Vasquez said. "What the future holds I can't predict."

His departure comes just days before the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News was to publish an investigative series about the dangers faced by Peace Corps volunteers abroad. Vasquez told the Daily News that his decision had nothing to do with its stories.

His resignation is effective Nov. 14.




October 24, 2003 - Peace Corps Director cites family concerns for resignation, admits growth plans are in jeopardy





Read and comment on this story from the Dayton Daily News on October 24, 2003 about the resignation of Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez that was announced on Wednesday, October 22. The Director told the Daily News that he plans to return to California to tend to the health of his parents. He also said that his decision has nothing to do with the fact that the Dayton Daily News is set to publish an investigative series on the safety and security of Peace Corps volunteers beginning in their October 26 issue.

Vasquez admitted that the agency is falling short in meeting President Bush's promise made in his State of the Union address in February 2002 to double the Peace Corps from 7,000 volunteers to 14,000 by 2007 but blamed the shortfall on lower than expected funding from Congress. Peace Corps requested $359 M in their FY 2004 budget for the next step in their expansion. The Peace Corps appropriation authorized by the House of Representatives in their spending bill (HR 2800) approved on August 7 was $314 M. The Peace Corps appropriation in the omnibus spending bill now before the Senate is $310 M.

Although Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman, Chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the Peace Corps, called for full funding for the Peace Corps' $359 M budget request in his speech before the Peace Corps on July 15, it is unknown at this time if Senator Coleman will introduce an amendment to the omnibus spending bill for the full Peace Corps appropriation. Likewise, although President Bush says he supports full funding for the Peace Corps, it appears he has made little effort to lobby Congress on behalf of full Peace Corps funding while at the same time Bush has undertaken another volunteer initiative, the "Volunteers for Prosperity" program, that he signed into existence by executive order on September 25. Read the story at:


Peace Corps director resigns*

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Peace Corps director resigns

Gaddi Vasquez says he's leaving to care for his parents

By Mei-Ling Hopgood
mhopgood@coxnews.com

WASHINGTON | Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez said Thursday he is stepping down, effective Nov. 14.

Vasquez, 48, who has served as the head of the agency since January 2002, told the Dayton Daily News he plans to return to California to tend to the health of his parents. He said he told the White House of his intentions in late September and agency employees on Wednesday.

His announced departure comes days before the Daily News was set to publish an investigative series on the safety and security of Peace Corps volunteers. When asked if his decision was influenced by the newspaper's examination, Vasquez said, “Absolutely not.”

“First of all I don’t know what your final stories are going to say," he said. "I place family above everything else in life. . . . This decision was made some time ago.”

The issue of safety and security for Peace Corps volunteers will continue to be one of the biggest challenges and priorities facing the agency in the 21st century, he said.

Vasquez, the first Hispanic to lead the agency, said a dramatic increase in inquiries and requests for volunteer applications, recruitment of more minority volunteers and expansion into nine countries are among the highlights of his 21 months with the agency.

However, Vasquez admitted efforts to double the number of volunteers by 2007 have fallen short the last two years because of lower-than-expected funding levels. President Bush in 2002 called for an increase in the Peace Corps volunteer force from 7,000 to 14,000 by 2007, with a particular interest in expanding into Muslim countries. The Peace Corps has requested $359 million to pay for expansion and operations for the 2004 fiscal year that began this month, but spending bills before Congress fall short of that total by $45 million to $49 million.

“We may get there or we may not get there,” Vasquez said. "If we don’t achieve full funding then it does place in jeopardy the potential to grow at the levels we hoped for.”

Currently, there are 7,533 volunteers are serving in the Peace Corps in 71 countries. At the end of last month, applications to be a volunteer were up 27 percent over September 2002, said a spokeswoman, Barbara Daly.

John Bridgeland, assistant to the president and director of USA Freedom Corps, said the Peace Corps "is expanding to meet the president's goal."

"Gaddi Vasquez has brought tremendous leadership to the Peace Corps at a time when more Americans want to serve to help meet needs abroad," Bridgeland said in a statement.

An adviser and major donor to George W. Bush's presidential campaign, Vasquez began his career as a police officer in Orange County, Calif. He is a native of Carrizo Springs, Texas, and a former division vice president of public affairs of the Southern California Edison Company.

After President Bush nominated him to be the 16th director in the Peace Corps' 42-year history, Vasquez faced criticism during his confirmation for a lack of international experience. He also had never been a volunteer.

Peace Corps Deputy Director Jody Olsen will head the agency until the president nominates and the Senate confirms a new director.

“I believe that the Peace Corps has been a tremendous treasure to the United States for 42 years and I’m absolutely confident that those who follow in this office will continue to build on the legacy,” Vasquez said.

Contact Mei-Ling Hopgood in the Washington bureau at 202-887-8328

[From the Dayton Daily News: 10.24.2003]



October 23, 2003 - Gaddi Vasquez resigns as Peace Corps Director





Read and comment on this memo that was emailed out on Wednesday afternoon at 4 pm with the resignation of Gaddi Vasquez as Peace Corps Director at:

Gaddi Vasquez resigns as Peace Corps Director*

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Gaddi Vasquez resigns as Peace Corps Director

"It is with mixed emotions that I am announcing to you that I have resigned as Director of the Peace Corps effective November 14, 2003. In my resignation letter to President George W. Bush, I wrote, "The Peace Corps is well positioned to expand and achieve even more in the 21st century. In my view, the Peace Corps remains one of the most viable means to train men and women in host countries and do so with effectiveness and positive outcomes of which we can be proud."

On February 15, 2002, I was privileged to assume the role of Peace Corps Director. The honor and opportunity to lead an agency with such a noble mission has been one of the great highlights of my professional life. During my time as Director, I have met hundreds of Peace Corps Volunteers who are engaged in remarkable work and are advancing the first and second goals of Peace Corps. I have traveled to 24 countries and all 11 recruiting offices and have enjoyed the opportunity to meet and work with exceptional staff who are performing a great service in support of the Volunteers' work. I have also had the opportunity to meet RPCVs in many states and appreciate their continuing commitment to advancing the third goal of the Peace Corps. I am confident that the Peace Corps is well positioned to achieve much in the 21st century.

Since I have become the Director, the Peace Corps has established programs in nine countries and is poised to grow in the coming years. Much of what has been accomplished is due to the strong partnership between Peace Corps Washington and field staff in the United States and overseas. From recruiters to desk officers and from medical staff to safety and security personnel every man and woman I have met represent the finest of Peace Corps professionals. It has been my honor to serve with each of you.

I will always be grateful to President Bush for the high honor and confidence he had in nominating me to serve. Moreover, he has been a strong advocate and proponent of Peace Corps and his continued support throughout his Presidency has been extraordinary.

As I prepare to return to California, I will fondly remember the friendships and the support that so many of you have given to me since my first day at Peace Corps. I am proud of what has been accomplished and each of you has made a contribution to that effort. Together we have made a difference, achieved many objectives, and we have created new opportunities for all Americans to serve in the Peace Corps. I thank you for your dedicated service."




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