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Patrick Moynihan: “Might I join with our distinguished majority leader in expressing the grief we all feel for a man of peace who did so…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2000
Might I join with our distinguished majority leader in expressing the grief we all feel for a man of peace who did so much in his life, and brilliantly, as Director of the Peace Corps under President Bush. We know him so well and miss him so much and can only share in the thought that he rests in peace.
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Patrick Moynihan
Illinois

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Expressing condolences for the passing of a former Director of the Peace Corps.

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