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John Garamendi: “I have a great example of this. A television reporter, a cameraman in the San Francisco Bay area, is about to retire…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2011
I have a great example of this. A television reporter, a cameraman in the San Francisco Bay area, is about to retire; and every time I see him, he says, I'm going to go in the Peace Corps. And I say, have you gone online, peacecorps.gov, to put your application in? He says, no. And I said, well, the next time I see you, I want you to tell me that you have your application in. He wants to take his knowledge of reporting and television camera work overseas to work with countries that are developing their own media for the purposes of providing that foundation for a democratic society. And he would be terrific. He's a great reporter.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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govinfo.gov
Mar 1, 2011

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Garamendi discusses the aspirations of a retiring television reporter to join the Peace Corps.

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