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This Year's Presidential Elections and the Peace Corps
Read what the candidates are saying (and doing) about the Peace Corps, who RPCVs are supporting for President, and why.
George W. Bush
John F. Kerry
Peace Corps Names controversial Virginia Politician Jay Katzen as new Regional Director for EMA region
26 February 2004
President Bush asks for $401 Million for Peace Corps in FY2005 Budget
2 February 2004
Peace Corps to Receive Record High Funding
23 January 2004
President Bush praises Peace Corps in Weekly Radio Address
20 December 2003
President Bush defends Freedom in Iraq and Middle East
6 November 2003
President Bush Visits Peace Corps Volunteers in the Philippines
18 October 2003
President Bush talks about Peace Corps work during state visit from President of Kenya
7 October 2003
Bush creates "Volunteers for Prosperity" program with executive order
25 September 2003
Bush meets with future PCVs in Minneapolis
28 August 2003
Bush greets future PCVs Edward and Jane Bardon in Minnesota
26 August 2003
Bush to salute retired Minnesota couple joining Peace Corps
24 August 2003
President Bush visits Peace Corps Volunteers in Botswana
20 August 2003
PCV Sally Altland meets President Bush in Botswana
1 August 2003
Bush wants new regimes in Africa
27 June 2003
Bush's actions on Americorps belie words on national service
16 June 2003
President Bush Signs HIV/AIDS Act, Praises Peace Corps
27 May 2003
President Bush announces "Volunteers for Prosperity"
21 May 2003
President Bush Salutes Peace Corps on 42nd Anniversary
4 March 2003
President Bush Announces 2004 Budget; Peace Corps’ Funding to Increase
3 February 2003
Bush's Peace Corps agenda lags behind
26 December 2002
While a college student in South Africa in the 1950s, Teresa Heinz Kerry frequently marched against apartheid. In those years, she says today, the United States in her mind was more a hopeful idea than a place, an idea embodied by the Peace Corps workers in Africa
1 March 2004
Maurice "Maury" Albertson believes the idea of the international Peace Corps could give Kerry's campaign a boost similar to the one Kennedy's campaign received when he first advocated the founding of a U.S. corps. But he has not heard back from Kerry on his proposal
29 February 2004
Teresa Kerry says America can win the war on terrorism by presenting a different, kinder face to the world, one exemplified by the friendly optimism of a Peace Corps volunteer
25 February 2004
Terrorism, Teresa Heinz Kerry said, is going to be defeated by the "can-do spirit" and "happy faces of Peace Corps volunteers" and by better intelligence and support of other countries
24 February 2004
The ghost of JFK runs for president
22 February 2004
For somebody like John Kerry, the notion of paying any price, bearing any burden, join the Peace Corps, join the Green Berets - all that sloganeering really influenced him a great deal
15 February 2004
Kerry proposed the "Service for College" initiative to help make college affordable and strengthen America's security. According to this initiative, for two years of service to the United States, every young person can earn the equivalent of the state's four-year public college tuition
12 February 2004
David Magnani asks RPCVs to support Kerry for President
10 February 2004
Mrs. Kerry said the U.S. should present a world image "of the Peace Corps rather than weapons of mass destruction."
7 February 2004
Peace Corps Supporter John Kerry wins primaries in Delaware, Missouri, North Dakota and Arizona
3 February 2004
Action Corps Head Sam Brown supports Kerry
24 January 2004
Peace Corps Supporter John Kerry wins Iowa caucus
19 January 2004
Peace Corps Supporter John Kerry wins New Hampshire Primary
19 January 2004
Candidate Kerry promotes Peace Corps service
15 September 2003
Kerry proposes "Service for College" program, expansion of Peace Corps
20 May 2003
James Pindell writes about Kerry's policy on mandatory national public service
20 May 2003
Senator Kerry calls for expanding Peace Corps to 25,000
19 May 2003
John Kerry's speech on Citizenship and Service
19 May 2003
Presidential hopeful John Kerry praises Peace Corps
23 January 2003