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Sam Farr: “I think you did one of the most remarkable diplomatic missions ever in being asked to come back to Ethiopia with some…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2011
I think you did one of the most remarkable diplomatic missions ever in being asked to come back to Ethiopia with some colleagues of the Peace Corps by the president of the country to see if you could help to settle the dispute with neighboring Eritrea. And as I recall, it was a band of Peace Corps volunteers that put that peace agreement together.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California
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Mar 1, 2011

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Farr commends a diplomatic mission involving Peace Corps volunteers in Ethiopia.

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