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2008.04.28: April 28, 2008: Headlines: Headquarters: Country Directors: Diplomacy: Peace Corps Press Release: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Visits Peace Corps Headquarters
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Visits Peace Corps Headquarters
Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Peace Corps Headquarters today. Secretary Rice’s remarks to 65 Country Directors and headquarters staff officially kicked-off the Peace Corps 2008 Worldwide Country Director Conference. Secretary Rice is the first sitting Secretary of State to visit Peace Corps Headquarters.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Visits Peace Corps Headquarters
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Visits Peace Corps Headquarters
Secretary Rice Addresses Worldwide Country Director Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 28, 2008 – Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Peace Corps Headquarters today. Secretary Rice’s remarks to 65 Country Directors and headquarters staff officially kicked-off the Peace Corps 2008 Worldwide Country Director Conference. Secretary Rice is the first sitting Secretary of State to visit Peace Corps Headquarters.
The conference, entitled Inspiring Leadership, joins Peace Corps senior leadership from around the world to highlight how Peace Corps encourages leadership in its host countries, Volunteers, and staff. This is the first time since 1979 that all Peace Corps Country Directors are meeting together at Headquarters.
“Secretary Rice is a true American success story, and she is a great supporter of the Peace Corps,” said Director Tschetter. “Her character, vision, and support for volunteerism are an inspiration to us all. Her career of service and dedication represent the excellence that we strive for here at the Peace Corps.”
Secretary Rice said today, “Each of you is to be commended for your dedication to helping the world’s neediest people, often times in some of the world’s most impoverished communities. Through your work, you’re strengthening communities, you’re improving lives and you’re building bridges between nations.” She added, “Throughout its history, the Peace Corps has met the challenges of an ever-challenging world by adapting and responding to the issues of the day, but never losing sight of the values that have sustained the Peace Corps throughout its history.”
In a February 2008 trip to Africa, Secretary Rice accompanied President George W. Bush in a luncheon with Peace Corps Volunteers in Ghana, and also recently visited Volunteers in Ukraine.
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