the Peace Corps
noun
: a U.S. organization that trains and sends people who work without pay to help poor people in other countries
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As a presidential candidate, John F. Kennedy launched the idea for the Peace Corps during a campaign speech at the University of Michigan.
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Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 11 July 2025
If the Peace Corps is eliminated, the U.S. will lose another important tool of foreign policy.
—Thomas J Nisley, The Conversation, 6 May 2025
The bill would apply to the State Department, as well as other agencies like the Peace Corps, the US Trade and Development Agency, and the US Agency for International Development, which Trump has already moved to shutter.
—Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 1 July 2025
Moyers stuck with Johnson when the senator was elected as John F. Kennedy’s vice president, becoming his personal assistant and later serving as a deputy director of the Peace Corps.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 11 July 2025
If the Peace Corps is eliminated, the U.S. will lose another important tool of foreign policy.
—Thomas J Nisley, The Conversation, 6 May 2025
The bill would apply to the State Department, as well as other agencies like the Peace Corps, the US Trade and Development Agency, and the US Agency for International Development, which Trump has already moved to shutter.
—Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 1 July 2025
Moyers stuck with Johnson when the senator was elected as John F. Kennedy’s vice president, becoming his personal assistant and later serving as a deputy director of the Peace Corps.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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