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John Raymond Garamendi is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 8th congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and environmental protection during his tenure in Congress. Garamendi has also been an advocate for veterans and military families, reflecting California's significant military presence.
Well, that's exactly the case. And it's not unusual to find wars going on. But as Mike Honda was talking about the President of Peru, who started his climb up the economic and educational ladder as a result of his experience with a Peace…
Those were the same years that Patti and I were in Ethiopia, and we served in the far western part of Ethiopia in a very small town.
Tom, thank you so very much for your experiences. What year were you in Somalia? MR. PETRI. I was in Somalia in 1966-67.
Before you arrived here, you spent many years in the California legislature, where I had the privilege of working with you. You started the discussion about your own Peace Corps experience by answering the call to action, President…
Congressman Mike Honda, thank you so very, very much. Let me now turn to my colleague on the Republican side, Tom Petri, who also served. Tom, if you could share some of your experiences with us.
Happy birthday, Peace Corps. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEACE CORPS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an Executive Order establishing the Peace Corps, forever changing…
Sam, we're just about out of time. Today, March 1, 2011, marks the 50th anniversary, the 50th birthday of the United States Peace Corps. It's been an incredible organization all of these years. Over 200,000 Americans have served, both…
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…
There are many, many opportunities that the Peace Corps develops and yes, indeed, they can come home with a new family or wife. You are quite correct about Aaron. There are 8,655 volunteers, as of today, serving in 77 countries, urban…
And as you were talking about Peace Corps volunteers working with young families, our son and daughter served in Paraguay in the Peace Corps, and her work was precisely that, working with her families in her community in Paraguay. They…
There is another example of an individual who has dedicated his life to peace. He now heads up an organization that is a consortium of nongovernment organizations that are dedicated to searching for peace in countries around the world and…
Well, it really speaks to the thousands of Peace Corps volunteers that worked in Ethiopia and Eritrea. In the late nineties, a war broke out between those two countries. There is, here in Washington today, well over 100,000 people from…
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