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Darrell Issa: “To be candid, the Peace Corps all the way back with John F. Kennedy was part of, if you will, shedding to a people what…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2017
To be candid, the Peace Corps all the way back with John F. Kennedy was part of, if you will, shedding to a people what we know that is part of building a nation from the bottom up.
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Darrell Issa
Republican · California

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Issa references the Peace Corps as a historical example of nation-building.

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