In written answers to questions from Secretary Clinton confirmation hearing, the Secretary talked about wanting to reopen the Peace Corps program in Indonesia



Well, that’s certainly something that the Secretary will be looking at. I can’t give you anything certain about whether we will be able to do that and when. But she certainly is looking at that and wants to continue to look at it to see if we can indeed do that.

In written answers to questions from Secretary Clinton confirmation hearing, the Secretary talked about wanting to reopen the Peace Corps program in Indonesia

Robert Wood
Acting Spokesman
Daily Press Briefing
February 5, 2009

[Excerpt]

QUESTION: Okay. And one more thing, just on Indonesia. In written answers to questions from her confirmation hearing, the Secretary talked about wanting to reopen the Peace Corps program in Indonesia, which was shut down after only two years in the mid ‘60s. Is that something that she’s going to be looking at?

MR. WOOD: Well, that’s certainly something that the Secretary will be looking at. I can’t give you anything certain about whether we will be able to do that and when. But she certainly is looking at that and wants to continue to look at it to see if we can indeed do that.

QUESTION: Robert.

MR. WOOD: James.

QUESTION: There’s already been a lot of speculation online and elsewhere about why Secretary Clinton chose for her first foreign trip the Far East. In your own words.

MR. WOOD: Well, look, Asia is, as I mentioned, a very important part of the world. It’s growing in size, in influence, prosperity. In terms of the Administration’s overall approach to travel, the Secretary felt that going to Asia would send a tremendous signal to Asia and others in the world of the importance of Asia, particularly to our foreign policy agenda. And that’s the basic reason. It’s an important part of the world. It’s a very strategic part of the world. And it’s logical for the Secretary to want to go there. And the fact that she’s going to, you know, Asia as her first trip, I think it is very significant.

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