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Lyndon Johnson: “The constructive work of more than 20,000 people over 5 long years--the collaboration of the peoples with whom they have…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1966
The constructive work of more than 20,000 people over 5 long years--the collaboration of the peoples with whom they have lived--is a real testament to the trust upon which the Peace Corps was founded.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks on the Fifth Anniversary of the Peace Corps at the Swearing In of Jack Hood Vaughn as Director.

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