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Confirmation Hearings for Aaron Williams for Peace Corps Director set for July 29
President Obama named RPCV Aaron Williams the Director of the Peace Corps on July 14, 2009.
Confirmation Hearings for Aaron Williams for Peace Corps Director set for July 29
HEARING
before the
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Dodd
Nominee:
+Aaron S. Williams, of Virginia
to be Director of the Peace Corps
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When this story was posted in July 2009, this was on the front page of PCOL:
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Join Us Mr. President!
"We will double the size of the Peace Corps by its 50th anniversary in 2011. And we'll reach out to other nations to engage their young people in similar programs, so that we work side by side to take on the common challenges that confront all humanity," said Barack Obama during his campaign. Returned Volunteers rally and and march to the White House to support a bold new Peace Corps for a new age. Latest: Senator Dodd introduces Peace Corps Improvement and Expansion Act of 2009 .
Obama names Peace Corps Director
President Obama has nominated Aaron Williams for Peace Corps Director - an RPCV who has spent 40 years working in international development. "It's exciting to have a nominee who served in the Peace Corps and also has experience in international development and management," says Senator Chris Dodd. Our congratulations to Williams and thanks to the President for his excellent choice to lead the Peace Corps. Read our biography of Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams.
Director Ron Tschetter: The PCOL Interview
Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter sat down for an in-depth interview to discuss the evacuation from Bolivia, political appointees at Peace Corps headquarters, the five year rule, the Peace Corps Foundation, the internet and the Peace Corps, how the transition is going, and what the prospects are for doubling the size of the Peace Corps by 2011. Read the interview and you are sure to learn something new about the Peace Corps. PCOL previously did an interview with Director Gaddi Vasquez.
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