Peace Corps Will Make Return to Afghanistan
From Times Wire Reports
President Bush said he is sending the Peace Corps into Afghanistan for the first time since 1979 as part of an effort to double its presence around the world.
“Today the mission is needed more than ever,” Bush said after the swearing-in of former Orange County (Calif.) Supervisor Gaddi Vasquez as the organization’s new director.
Bush said he would double the number of volunteers abroad to about 15,000--a level not seen since 1966--and steer more of them to countries that he believes most misunderstand America.
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