Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Sargent Shriver

Sargent Shriver, a lawyer who worked for JFK's and Lyndon Johnson's administrations, who launched social programs including the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOV0000247" title="Peace Corps" href="/topic/social-issues/peace-corps-ORGOV0000247.topic">Peace Corps</a>, Head Start and the Job Corps and led the War on Poverty, died Jan. 18. He was 95.

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Sargent Shriver, a lawyer who worked for JFK's and Lyndon Johnson's administrations, who launched social programs including the Peace Corps, Head Start and the Job Corps and led the War on Poverty, died Jan. 18. He was 95.

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