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• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Albania: New Volunteers Arrive in Albania 26 September 2003
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2003; Peace Corps Albania; Directory of Albania RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Albania RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Albania: Peace Corps returns to Albania 25 September 2003
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2003; Peace Corps Albania; Directory of Albania RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Albania RPCVs; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Azerbaijan: US "Peace Corps" Volunteers in Southern Regions of Azerbaijan 12 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Peace Corps Azerbaijan; Directory of Azerbaijan RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Azerbaijan RPCVs; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Azerbaijan: First Volunteers in Azerbaijan begin work 7 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Peace Corps Azerbaijan; Directory of Azerbaijan RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Azerbaijan RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Azerbaijan: First Peace Corps Volunteers in Azerbaijan Begin Work 18 December 2003
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2003; Peace Corps Azerbaijan; Directory of Azerbaijan RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Azerbaijan RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Azerbaijan: Peace Corps Volunteers Permitted in Azerbaijan 11 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; Peace Corps Azerbaijan; Directory of Azerbaijan RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Azerbaijan RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Azerbaijan: Peace Corps Opens New Program in Azerbaijan 1 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; Peace Corps Azerbaijan; Directory of Azerbaijan RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Azerbaijan RPCVs; Expansion

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: Bangladesh: Peace Corps opens office in Bangladesh 10 March 2005
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2005; Peace Corps Bangladesh; Directory of Bangladesh RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bangladesh RPCVs; Expansion

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Bangladesh: Peace Corps Returns to Bangladesh 19 September 2002
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2002; Overseas Programs; Peace Corps Bangladesh; Directory of Bangladesh RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bangladesh RPCVs; Expansion

• 2001: Peace Corps: Expansion: Bangladesh: Peace Corps Returns to Bangladesh 8 July 2001
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2001; Peace Corps Bangladesh; Directory of Bangladesh RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Bangladesh RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Botswana: Peace Corps returns to Botswana 1 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Peace Corps Botswana; Directory of Botswana RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Botswana RPCVs; AIDS Education; HIV; Expansion

• 2007: Peace Corps: Expansion: Cambodia: Peace Corps sends first ever mission to Cambodia 5 April 2007
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2007; Peace Corps Cambodia; Directory of Cambodia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Cambodia RPCVs; Expansion

• 2007: Peace Corps: Expansion: Cambodia: First Cambodia Peace Corps Volunteers sworn in 4 April 2007
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2007; Peace Corps Cambodia; Directory of Cambodia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Cambodia RPCVs; Ron Tschetter (Director 2006 - ); Expansion

• 2007: Peace Corps: Expansion: Cambodia: First Group of Peace Corps Volunteers arrive in Cambodia 2 February 2007
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2007; Peace Corps Cambodia; Directory of Cambodia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Cambodia RPCVs; Expansion

• 2007: Peace Corps: Expansion: Cambodia: First Peace Corps Volunteers to Serve in Cambodia 26 January 2007
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2007; Peace Corps Cambodia; Directory of Cambodia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Cambodia RPCVs; Expansion

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: Cambodia: Peace Corps Prepares for Historic 2007 Opening in Cambodia 1 August 2006
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2006; Expansion

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: Cambodia: More about Cambodia 30 March 2006
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2006; Peace Corps Cambodia; Directory of Cambodia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Cambodia RPCVs; Expansion

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: Cambodia: Peace Corps announces Program in Cambodia 29 March 2006
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2006; Expansion

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: Cambodia: Peace Corps Volunteers to Serve in Cambodia for First Time 29 March 2006
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2006; Peace Corps Cambodia; Directory of Cambodia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Cambodia RPCVs; Expansion

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: Cambodia: Peace Corps To Begin Volunteer Service in Cambodia 29 March 2006
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2006; Expansion

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: Cambodia: U.S. Peace Corps Offers Cambodia Services 29 March 2006
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2006; Expansion

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: Cambodia: Ambassador Joseph A. Mussomeli says: I would also like to thank Peace Corps for somehow finding the funding in a particularly difficult budgetary time to open a new Mission in Cambodia 29 March 2006
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2006; Diplomacy; Humor; Expansion

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: Cambodia: Ambassador Joseph A. Mussomeli says: I would also like to thank Peace Corps for somehow finding the funding in a particularly difficult budgetary time to open a new Mission in Cambodia 29 March 2006
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2006; Diplomacy; Humor; Expansion

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: Cambodia: John Williams, president of the American Peace Corps based in Thailand says Peace Corps must study needs in Cambodia before implementing aid agreement 25 August 2005
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2005; Peace Corps Cambodia; Directory of Cambodia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Cambodia RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Chad: Peace Corps returns to Chad after 6 year absence: 20 New Peace Corps Volunteers Sworn-In to Aid Country’s TEFL Programs 15 December 2003
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2003; Peace Corps Chad; Directory of Chad RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Chad RPCVs; Teaching English; Expansion

• 1966: Peace Corps: Expansion: Chad: From 1966, Chad to get PCVs 1 April 1966
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1966; Peace Corps Chad; Directory of Chad RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Chad RPCVs; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: China: Peace Corps to Reopen China Program 4 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; Peace Corps China; Directory of China RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for China RPCVs; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: China: Peace Corps Volunteers Return to China 4 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; Peace Corps China; Directory of China RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for China RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Djibouti: Peace Corps volunteers are likely to be assigned to Djibouti for the first time 27 January 2003
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2003; Expansion

• 2007: Peace Corps: Expansion: Dominican Republic: Dodd says he would like to expand the corps to 100,000 from the 7,000 currently serving 4 April 2007
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2007; RPCV Chris Dodd (Dominican Republic); Figures; Peace Corps Dominican Republic; Directory of Dominican Republic RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Dominican Republic RPCVs; Politics; Congress; Expansion; Connecticut

• 1998: Peace Corps: Expansion: Dominican Republic: Dodd supported expansion of Peace Corps to 10,000 volunteers 18 March 1998
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1998; RPCV Chris Dodd (Dominican Republic); Figures; Peace Corps Dominican Republic; Directory of Dominican Republic RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Dominican Republic RPCVs; Politics; Congress; Expansion; Connecticut

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Eritrea: Director Gaddi Vasquez: The PCOL Interview - Long Term Peace Corps Expansion 7 August 2004
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2004; Gaddi Vasquez; Gaddi Vasquez (Director 2002 - 2006); Expansion; Peace Corps Eritrea; Directory of Eritrea RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Eritrea RPCVs; Peace Corps Ethiopia; Directory of Ethiopia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Ethiopia RPCVs; Peace Corps Nigeria; Directory of Nigeria RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Nigeria RPCVs; Peace Corps Marshall Islands; Directory of Marshall Islands RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Marshall Islands RPCVs; Viet Nam

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Eritrea: Director Gaddi Vasquez: The PCOL Interview - Long Term Peace Corps Expansion 7 August 2004
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2004; Gaddi Vasquez; Gaddi Vasquez (Director 2002 - 2006); Expansion; Peace Corps Eritrea; Directory of Eritrea RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Eritrea RPCVs; Peace Corps Ethiopia; Directory of Ethiopia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Ethiopia RPCVs; Peace Corps Nigeria; Directory of Nigeria RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Nigeria RPCVs; Peace Corps Marshall Islands; Directory of Marshall Islands RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Marshall Islands RPCVs; Viet Nam

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: Ethiopia: Peace Corps Volunteers to Return to Ethiopia 13 September 2006
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2006; Peace Corps Ethiopia; Directory of Ethiopia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Ethiopia RPCVs; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Fiji: Peace Corps returns to Fiji to work on coastal resource management and environment education 19 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Peace Corps Fiji; Directory of Fiji RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Fiji RPCVs; Environmental Education; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Fiji: Prime Minister of Fiji Welcomes Back Peace Corps Volunteers 2 December 2003
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2003; Peace Corps Fiji; Directory of Fiji RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Fiji RPCVs; Expansion; Foreign Leaders

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Fiji: Peace Corps Celebrates Return to Fiji 19 September 2003
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2003; Peace Corps Fiji; Directory of Fiji RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Fiji RPCVs; Expansion

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: India: How Ron Tschetter was selected as Peace Corps Director 29 July 2006
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2006; Ron Tschetter; Ron Tschetter (Director 2006 - ); Peace Corps India; Directory of India RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for India RPCVs; Fund Raising; Congress; Appropriations; Expansion; Business

• 1998: Peace Corps: Expansion: Iran: Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna M. Shalala says she likes to think of the Peace Corps "as the 51st star on the American flag because it represents the very best in the American character." 6 January 1998
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1998; RPCV Donna Shalala (Iran); Peace Corps Iran; Directory of Iran RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Iran RPCVs; Expansion; Florida

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Marshall Islands: Marshall Island President asks for restoration of the Peace Corps program 23 June 2004
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2004; Peace Corps Marshall Islands; Directory of Marshall Islands RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Marshall Islands RPCVs; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Mexico: Peace Corps volunteers have been sent to Mexico to assist the country in information technology, small-business development and water management 11 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; Peace Corps Mexico; Directory of Mexico RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mexico RPCVs; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Mexico: Kyle Turk left for Mexico recently to help a Peace Corps pilot program improve technology exchanges between the United States and Mexico 7 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; Peace Corps Mexico; Directory of Mexico RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mexico RPCVs; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Mexico: First group of Volunteers head to Mexico 3 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; Peace Corps Mexico; Directory of Mexico RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mexico RPCVs; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Mexico: First Group of Peace Corps Volunteers Depart for Mexico 1 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; Peace Corps Mexico; Directory of Mexico RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mexico RPCVs; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Mexico: Mexico Accepts Peace Corps Workers 25 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Peace Corps Mexico; Directory of Mexico RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mexico RPCVs; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Mexico: Byron Battle named Country Director for Mexico 7 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Peace Corps Mexico; Directory of Mexico RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mexico RPCVs; Peace Corps Mali; Directory of Mali RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mali RPCVs; Country Directors - Mali; Country Directors - Mali; Expansion; Gaddi Vasquez (Director 2002 - 2006)

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Mexico: Peace Corps on a High-Tech Mission to Mexico 24 November 2003
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2003; Peace Corps Mexico; Directory of Mexico RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mexico RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Mexico: Cuerpo de Paz firma un acuerdo de sociedad histórico con México 13 November 2003
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2003; Peace Corps Mexico; Directory of Mexico RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mexico RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Mexico: Peace Corps Signs Historic Partnership with Mexico 12 November 2003
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2003; Peace Corps Mexico; Directory of Mexico RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mexico RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Mexico: Peace Corps Signs Historic Partnership with Mexico (rev 1) 12 November 2003
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2003; Peace Corps Mexico; Directory of Mexico RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mexico RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Mexico: Mexico Seeking Peace Corps Volunteers 10 November 2003
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2003; Peace Corps Mexico; Directory of Mexico RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mexico RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Mexico: Details on status of Peace Corps agreement with Mexico 10 November 2003
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2003; Peace Corps Mexico; Directory of Mexico RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mexico RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Mexico: Details on status of Peace Corps agreement with Mexico 10 November 2003
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2003; Peace Corps Mexico; Directory of Mexico RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Mexico RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Nigeria: Pierson in Nigeria: Peace Corps to return? 15 September 2003
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2003; Peace Corps Nigeria; Directory of Nigeria RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Nigeria RPCVs; Expansion; Safety and Security of Volunteers

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peru: Presidents Bush and Toledo announce Peace Corps' Returns to Peru 15 June 2003
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2003; Expansion; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Foreign Leaders

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peru: Cuerpo de Paz: prioridad a la salud y agricultura 25 March 2002
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2002; Expansion; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Gaddi Vasquez (Director 2002 - 2006)

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peru: Interview in Peru with PC Director Gaddi Vasquez 25 March 2002
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2002; Gaddi Vasquez; Expansion; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Gaddi Vasquez (Director 2002 - 2006)

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peru: For Peru's Toledo, return of Peace Corps is personal 24 March 2002
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2002; Expansion; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; Foreign Leaders

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peru: President Bush announces return of Peace Corps to Peru 23 March 2002
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2002; Overseas Programs; Expansion; Peace Corps Peru; Directory of Peru RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Peru RPCVs; President Bush

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: Sierra Leone: Americans campaign for Peace Corps to return to Sierra Leone 20 January 2006
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2006; Peace Corps Sierra Leone; Directory of Sierra Leone RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Sierra Leone RPCVs; Advocacy; Expansion; Country of Service Groups

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: Sierra Leone: Ambassador Hull (RPCV Sierra Leone) is reported to have said, "Returning the Peace Corps to Sierra Leone is one of my top priorities, and something I hope to achieve during my tenure here". 11 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; Peace Corps Sierra Leone; Directory of Sierra Leone RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Sierra Leone RPCVs; Diplomacy; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Solomon Islands: President Bush assured the Solomon Islands ambassador that Peace Corps will be reengaged in Solomon islands at the appropriate time 21 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; Peace Corps Solomon Islands; Directory of Solomon Islands RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Solomon Islands RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Sri Lanka: US Peace Corps assessment team to visit Sri Lanka 6 September 2003
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2003; Peace Corps Sri Lanka; Directory of Sri Lanka RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Sri Lanka RPCVs; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Swaziland: Peace Corps returns to Swaziland 1 December 2003
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2003; Peace Corps Swaziland; Directory of Swaziland RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Swaziland RPCVs; Expansion

• 2001: Peace Corps: Expansion: Turkey: "The Peace Corps was not well-handled in Turkey," Peirce said. "More people were sent in than were absorbable." 26 October 2001
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2001; Peace Corps Turkey; Directory of Turkey RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Turkey RPCVs; Expansion

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: Venezuela: Stephen Johnson says: Hugo Chávez must have choked back laughter when Chris Dodd asked him to accept U.S. Peace Corps volunteers in Venezuela 21 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; RPCV Chris Dodd (Dominican Republic); Peace Corps Venezuela; Directory of Venezuela RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Venezuela RPCVs; Congress; Expansion; Connecticut

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: Venezuela: Senator Chris Dodd suggested to President Chavez that Venezuela should accept Peace Corps volunteers 11 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; RPCV Chris Dodd (Dominican Republic); Peace Corps Venezuela; Directory of Venezuela RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Venezuela RPCVs; Peace Corps Dominican Republic; Directory of Dominican Republic RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Dominican Republic RPCVs; Expansion; Congress; Connecticut

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• 2007: Peace Corps: Expansion: Eux.tv says: Serbian government denies permission for Peace Corps program 30 March 2007
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2007; Expansion

• 2007: Peace Corps: Expansion: A majority of adults (55%) support increasing the federal budget to allow everyone who is qualified and wants to serve in full-time service programs such as the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps to do so 23 February 2007
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2007; Budget; Congress; Appropriations; National Service; Expansion

• 2007: Peace Corps: Expansion: Is the Civilian Reserve just another throwaway applause line in Bush's State of the Union speech? 30 January 2007
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2007; Expansion; Politics; Budget; Presidents - Bush; Speaking Out; Appropriations; Congress

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: This year, policy debate leagues across the country are using a resolution that the U.S. government should substantially increase AmeriCorps, Citizen Corps, Senior Corps, Peace Corps, Learn and Serve America and/or the armed forces 10 December 2006
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2006; Expansion; Speaking Out

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: LA Times Editorial says: Peace Corps Fashionable Again 30 July 2006
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2006; Expansion; History; Congress; Budget

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps Applications Soar 28 July 2006
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2006; Expansion

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: This year, the Peace Corps took 7,810 volunteers — the largest number in 30 years — from more than 11,500 applicants in 2005, up more than 20% over the year 2000 6 July 2006
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2006; Expansion

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: The Peace Corps, 45 and Growing, Plans To Serve More Nations 29 March 2006
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2006; Expansion

• 2006: Peace Corps: Expansion: NPCA President Kevin Quigley writes: The Peace Corps and the U.S. Image Abroad 13 January 2006
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2006; RPCV Kevin Quigley (Thailand); NPCA; Speaking Out; Expansion

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: Around the world, over four decades, more than 175,000 Americans have served in the Peace Corps. However, the 7,700 currently in service are a far cry from President John F. Kennedy's vision of 100,000 "citizen ambassadors." It is time to reach that goal. 7 December 2005
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2005; National Service; Speaking Out; Expansion

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps' goal is to have 8,000 volunteers in the field by 2008 says Charles Brooks, head of the agency's recruitment efforts 22 September 2005
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2005; Recruitment; Expansion; Iowa

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: John McCain says: "one thing is to expand opportunities for national service - the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, neighborhood and community organizations. You see, I think after 9/11 we had a golden opportunity to call all Americans to serve the country - not just to tell them to take a trip and go shopping. And I think they would have responded. I think they will still respond." 1 June 2005
  Tags: Headlines: June, 2005; Expansion; Congress

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: Since 1961 only 178,000 PCVs have served, far from the yearly million Kennedy envisioned serving throughout the world from 1970 onward. Had visionary leadership pushed Americans to order our elected employees into invading today's trouble spots with millions of cost effective Peace Corps Volunteers, we wouldn't today be grieving over dead and maimed brave Americans 13 February 2005
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2005; Presidents - Kennedy; National Service; Speaking Out; Expansion

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: President Bush asks Congress for $345 M for Peace Corps 7 February 2005
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2005; Budget; Appropriations; Presidents - Bush; Congress; Expansion

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: Presidential promises scorecard: A review of President Bush's key promises in past State of the Union addresses and the results to date: For the Peace Corps, Promises not funded are promises not kept 1 February 2005
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2005; Expansion; Presidents - Bush; Legislation; Appropriations

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: Senator Bill Nelson says expand the Peace Corps in South America 23 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; Congress; Expansion

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: Senator Nelson encourages Peace Corps in Latin America 15 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; Congress; Expansion

• 2005: Peace Corps: Expansion: Senator Norm Coleman, chairman of the Senate subcommittee with oversight of the Peace Corps, says: I believe an opportunity exists to rededicate ourselves to the mission of the Peace Corps and its expansion to touch more and more lives 7 January 2005
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2005; Congress; Expansion; Accountability; Minnesota

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: CRS Report: As it considers authorization and Foreign Operations appropriations legislation in 2005, Congress will likely debate the level of funding required to support expansion of the Peace Corps and may continue the 2004 discussion of Peace Corps policies regarding the safety and security of volunteers. 9 December 2004
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2004; Congress; Expansion; Legislation

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps Census up for Second Straight Year to highest level in 29 years 29 November 2004
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2004; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Vasquez tells National Press Club that Peace Corps now works in 18 Muslim countries and that 27 additional countries have requested a Peace Corps presence including 13 Muslim countries 14 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; Gaddi Vasquez; Gaddi Vasquez (Director 2002 - 2006); Expansion; Journalism; Television

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Colin Powell says we're doubling the size of our Peace Corps at Southern Center for International Studies 1 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; Diplomacy; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: [Full Story] Colin Powell says we're doubling the size of our Peace Corps at Southern Center for International Studies 1 October 2004
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2004; Diplomacy; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Colin Powell says we want to help Africa with financial assistance, with Peace Corps expansion, and with programs to deal with HIV/AIDS 20 September 2004
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2004; Expansion; Diplomacy

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Senator McCain says "I think we should expand the Peace Corps" 30 August 2004
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2004; Politics; Congress; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps on the rise 12 August 2004
  Tags: Headlines: August, 2004; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Roger Olsen says Quadruple the number of Peace Corps volunteers serving in foreign land 1 July 2004
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2004; Expansion; Speaking Out

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: John Bridgeland says "Many Americans would be surprised to learn how hard it has been to increase the number of Peace Corps volunteers, which only number 7,500 today, despite more than 200,000 Americans who have expressed interest in the program since Sept. 11" 1 July 2004
  Tags: Headlines: July, 2004; USA Freedom Corps; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Jim Turner (D-Crockett), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, released a plan today to eliminate the threat of al-Qaeda to the United States that includes increasing the Peace Corps to 25,000 volunteers 27 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; Homeland Security; Expansion; Congress

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: The Peace Corps has been invited to discuss sending volunteers to Vietnam 11 April 2004
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2004; Viet Nam; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps Lacks Money to Expand 29 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps goal of doubling by 2007 is Unattainable 29 March 2004
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2004; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Only a few days ago, the Vietnamese Government extended an official invitation to the Peace Corps to come to Vietnam to discuss a country program says Matthew P. Daley, deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs 12 February 2004
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2004; Expansion; Viet Nam

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps Supporter John Kerry wins primaries in Delaware, Missouri, North Dakota and Arizona 3 February 2004
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2004; Politics; Expansion; North Dakota

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps Supporter John Kerry wins Iowa caucus 19 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Politics; Expansion; Iowa

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps Supporter John Kerry wins New Hampshire Primary 19 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Politics; Expansion

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps hopes to increase diversity with community college graduates 12 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Recruitment; Expansion; Community Colleges

• 2004: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps opens up to younger volunteers 11 January 2004
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2004; Investigative Journalism; Community Colleges; Recruitment; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps to begin recruiting graduates of two year community colleges 13 December 2003
  Tags: Headlines: December, 2003; Community Colleges; Expansion; Recruitment

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps Volunteer Numbers Reach Record High 17 November 2003
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2003; Expansion; Gaddi Vasquez (Director 2002 - 2006)

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Ambassador hopes for Peace Corps presence in Djibouti 5 November 2003
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2003; Diplomacy; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: "Keeping Kennedy's Promise" republished in expanded Second Edition 2 November 2003
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2003; History; Safety and Security of Volunteers; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Kennedy said the Peace Corps "...will be really serious when there are at least 100,000 Peace Corps Volunteers a year who go to work and live in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Because then, after one decade, there will be a million Americans with first-hand experience in the problems of this world, and we will for the first time have a large political constituency for an informed public opinion about foreign policy.” says Sen. Harris Wofford 26 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; Presidents - Kennedy; Expansion; Pennsylvania

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps Director cites family concerns for resignation, admits growth plans are in jeopardy 24 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; Gaddi Vasquez (Director 2002 - 2006); Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: US Peace Corps, Bulgaria sign Economic Cooperation Agreement 15 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Lou Dobbs calls Peace Corps "a remarkable success" on CNN Reports 9 October 2003
  Tags: Headlines: October, 2003; Television; Expansion; Advertising; Recruitment

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps starts "Life is calling" Ad Campaign 25 September 2003
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2003; Advertising; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps starts "Life is calling" Ad Campaign 25 September 2003
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2003; Advertising; Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps get the Information Technology tools to wage Peace 15 September 2003
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2003; Expansion; Information Technology

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Director Vasquez announces that 1,100 trainees have been sent to posts worldwide in first four months this year 28 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Gaddi Vasquez; Gaddi Vasquez (Director 2002 - 2006); Expansion

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps has plan for 20% annual growth over next 5 years 7 April 2003
  Tags: Headlines: April, 2003; Expansion; Journalism; Recruitment

• 2003: Peace Corps: Expansion: Senator McCain says to expand Peace Corps 30 March 2003
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2003; Expansion; Congress; Americorps

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Representative Christopher Cox and the House Policy Committee opposes H.R. 4979 19 September 2002
  Tags: Headlines: September, 2002; Congress; Legislation; Intelligence Issues; Expansion

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Peace Corps robust, growing 17 March 2002
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2002; PC Expansion

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Bush Outlines Community Service Goals 13 March 2002
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2002; Expansion; President Bush

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Bush Tour will Promote National Service 4 March 2002
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2002; National Service; Expansion; President Bush

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Bush Tour will Promote National Service 4 March 2002
  Tags: Headlines: March, 2002; National Service; Expansion; President Bush

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Bush Lays Out Peace Corps Vision 15 February 2002
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2002; Expansion; President Bush

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Bush Calls for Wartime Peace Corps Expansion 15 February 2002
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2002; Expansion; President Bush

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: President's Commitment to Strengthening the Peace Corps 15 February 2002
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2002; Expansion

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: President's Commitment to Strengthening the Peace Corps 15 February 2002
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2002; Expansion

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: President Bush's Commitment to Strengthening the Peace Corps 15 February 2002
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2002; Expansion; Budget; Presidents - Bush

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: "Government simply cannot possibly deal with all the problems we face," Ehlers said. "If we had five times as many Peace Corps volunteers, we probably wouldn't have any terrorism because other countries would have understood us better." 11 February 2002
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2002; Expansion; Terrorism; Service

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: AmeriCorps Applications Rise 50 Percent Since State of the Union Address; Bush Hits Road to Promote 4 February 2002
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2002; National Service; Expansion; President Bush; Americorps

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: AmeriCorps Applications Rise 50 Percent Since State of the Union Address; Bush Hits Road to Promote 4 February 2002
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2002; National Service; Expansion; President Bush; Americorps

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Subtle Diplomacy From Peace Corps 2 February 2002
  Tags: Headlines: February, 2002; PC Expansion

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Doubling the Peace Corps 31 January 2002
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2002; Speaking Out; Expansion

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Bush calls for doubling the size of the Peace Corps 29 January 2002
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2002; Congress; Legislation; Expansion; President Bush

• 2002: Peace Corps: Expansion: Trasncript of State of the Union address: President Bush proposes doubling the size of the Peace Corps in his State of the Union Address 29 January 2002
  Tags: Headlines: January, 2002; President Bush; Expansion

• 2001: Peace Corps: Expansion: The Corps never lost sight of its primary mission 27 November 2001
  Tags: Headlines: November, 2001; Expansion

• 1999: Peace Corps: Expansion: The Peace Corps is one of Washington's smallest and most remarkable agencies 1 September 1999
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1999; Speaking Out; Expansion; History

• 1998: Peace Corps: Expansion: Despite its gestation under noted Democrats, the corps has also flourished under Republican patronage - notably its indefatigable Reagan-era director, Loret Ruppe 22 January 1998
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1998; Loret Ruppe Miller (Director 1981 - 1989); Expansion

• 1998: Peace Corps: Expansion: More for the Corps 22 January 1998
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1998; Speaking Out; Expansion

• 1998: Peace Corps: Expansion: More for the Corps 22 January 1998
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1998; Speaking Out; Expansion

• 1998: Peace Corps: Expansion: Expanding Peace Corps Reach Is New Priority at White House 16 January 1998
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1998; Mark Gearan (Director 1995 - 1999); Expansion

• 1998: Peace Corps: Expansion: Senator Jesse Helms was quoted by the New York Times earlier this week resisting the public expenditure for the Peace Corps as, "more ratfood for the third world" and that "I've been telling people for years that Peace Corps was a refuge for drugged-out losers, leftists and homosexuals" 12 January 1998
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1998; Politics; Expansion; Humor; Criticism; AIDS; HIV; AIDS Education; Speaking Out; North Carolina

• 1998: Peace Corps: Expansion: President Clinton last weekend said he wants Congress to expand the Peace Corps from 6,500 volunteers to 10,000 volunteers by the year 2000 6 January 1998
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1998; Expansion; President Clinton

• 1998: Peace Corps: Expansion: Clinton Wants $48 Million Increase in Peace Corps Funding 3 January 1998
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1998; Expansion; Appropriations

• 1998: Peace Corps: Expansion: Clinton Wants $48 Million Increase in Peace Corps Funding 3 January 1998
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1998; Expansion; Appropriations

• 1998: Peace Corps: Expansion: Clinton Wants $48 Million Increase in Peace Corps Funding 3 January 1998
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1998; Presidents - Clinton; Expansion; Appropriations

• 1961: Peace Corps: Expansion: A Towering Task: Warren Wiggins' Architecture for the Peace Corps 5 February 1961
  Tags: Peace Corps Annual Report: 1961; Staff; History of the Peace Corps; Expansion

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