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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Peace Corps Information
4,891 words, approx. 16 pages
The Peace Corps is an independent United States federal agency. The Peace Corps was established by Executive Order 10924 on March 1, 1961 and authorized by Congress on September 22, 1961 with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Public Law 87-293). The Peace...


News and Journals
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Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. The IRE Journal
Peace Corps
07/01/2004: 2,029 words, approx. 7 pages
Violence against volunteers worldwide found in database checks, interviews The Peace Corps was the last place I thought I'd find an idea for a long-term project and the last place I thought I would find a federal agency with something to hide. ...
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The Washington Post
Keep the Peace in the Corps
08/06/2005: 311 words, approx. 1 pages
Regarding Alan Cooperman's Aug. 2 Federal Page article, "Peace Corps Option for Military Recruits Sparks Concern": The Peace Corps is on a collision course with American foreign policy. As a parent of a Peace Corps volunteer who is leaving on assignment shortly, I...
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AP News
U.S. Peace Corps volunteer missing
4/13/2007: 555 words, approx. 2 pages
The Philippine police and military are searching for a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer missing for nearly a week in a mountainous northern area, officials said Saturday.Julia Campbell, 40, was last seen on April 8 in the town of Banaue in Ifugao province, where she had...
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AP News
Suspect in Peace Corps death confesses
4/27/2007: 628 words, approx. 2 pages
A woodcarver suspected of beating to death a Peace Corps volunteer gave himself up Friday and confessed on television, saying he erupted in rage when she bumped into him as he was fuming over a feud with a neighbor."I admit it, yes. I killed her,...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 88%
History of the U.S. Peace Corps
780 words, approx. 3 pages
The history and role of the Peace Corp in the United States.


 

Peace Corps

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