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Doge eyes cuts to Peace Corps with in-person visit and records access • Apr. 6, 2025, 1:34 AM ET (The Guardian)
Staffers from Elon Musk's DOGE land at the Peace Corps • Apr. 5, 2025, 8:14 AM ET (USA Today)

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Date 1961 - present
Areas Of Involvement peace • humanitarianism
Related People John F. Kennedy • R. Sargent Shriver • Al Raby • Martin Puryear

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Peace Corps: teaching children in Paraguay
John F. Kennedy; Sargent Shriver; Peace Corps
John F. Kennedy: Peace Corps
Patch depicting the Peace Corps logo.
R. Sargent Shriver leading the first group of Peace Corps volunteers to the White House, August 1961.
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