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colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">17th <a href="/wiki/Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">Director of the Peace Corps</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 26, 2006 – August 24, 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Josephine_K._Olsen" class="mw-redirect" title="Josephine K. Olsen">Jody Olsen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gaddi_Vasquez" title="Gaddi Vasquez">Gaddi Vasquez</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aaron_S._Williams" title="Aaron S. Williams">Aaron S. Williams</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1941-10-04</span>) </span>October 4, 1941<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 83)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Huron,_South_Dakota" title="Huron, South Dakota">Huron, South Dakota</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bethel_University_(Minnesota)" title="Bethel University (Minnesota)">Bethel University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">Politician</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ronald A. Tschetter</b> (born October 4, 1941) was the 17th Director of the <a href="/wiki/Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">Peace Corps</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_and_Peace_Corps_service">Education and Peace Corps service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education and Peace Corps service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tschetter earned a bachelor's degree from <a href="/wiki/Bethel_University_(Minnesota)" title="Bethel University (Minnesota)">Bethel University</a><sup id="cite_ref-PCOLwhitehouse_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLwhitehouse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in psychology and social studies.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLNpca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After college, he and some friends traveled and <a href="/wiki/Hitchhiking" title="Hitchhiking">hitchhiked</a> around <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>. He returned home and met and married his wife Nancy. "One day we saw this Peace Corps ad, and I said to Nancy, 'We're going to do this work stuff the rest of our lives. Let's go out and see if we can do some good,'" Tschetter says.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLBillings_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLBillings-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the couple wanted to serve in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, Tschetter and his wife were assigned to teach family-planning techniques in <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, beginning in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLBillings_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLBillings-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We lucked out. India was more different than any of them," says Tschetter. "Wow, what a country."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLBillings_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLBillings-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the years the Tschetters have returned to India five times to visit their friends.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLBillings_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLBillings-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once as a Peace Corps volunteer, Tschetter traveled across India to deliver medicine to a village suffering from a <a href="/wiki/Smallpox" title="Smallpox">smallpox</a> <a href="/wiki/Epidemic" title="Epidemic">epidemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLSmallpox_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLSmallpox-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Ultimately the village recovered," said Tschetter.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLSmallpox_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLSmallpox-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "And today, smallpox is eradicated in the world and it is because of this and thousands of other experiences like it."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLSmallpox_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLSmallpox-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_as_investment_executive">Career as investment executive</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career as investment executive"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tschetter began his career in 1970 as both a retail and institutional investment executive with Blyth Eastman Dillon Union Securities.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLNpca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He joined <a href="/wiki/Dain_Rauscher" class="mw-redirect" title="Dain Rauscher">Dain Rauscher</a> in 1973 as a broker and spent 28 years there primarily in management before he retired.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLNpca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004 Tschetter was named President of D.A. Davidson & Co., a full-service investment firm based in the Northwest.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLNpca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tschetter served on the Securities Industry Association Sales and Marketing Committee and the New York Stock Exchange Regional Firms Advisory Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLNpca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Peace_Corps_Director">Peace Corps Director</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Peace Corps Director"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tschetter_in_Kenya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Tschetter_in_Kenya.jpg/220px-Tschetter_in_Kenya.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Tschetter_in_Kenya.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="307" /></a><figcaption>Peace Corps Director Ronald Tschetter observes deaf students on his visit to Kenya. The students are using role playing exercises, educational videos, and other visual aids that Peace Corps Volunteers have developed, including Kenya's first uniform sign language poster, the "Easy to Learn Sign Language Poster."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The White House announced Tschetter's nomination on July 25, 2006,<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLwhitehouse_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLwhitehouse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Tschetter was confirmed as Director of the Peace Corps by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a> on September 13, 2006, and was sworn in on September 26, 2006, becoming the third returned Peace Corps volunteer to serve as director and the first under a Republican administration.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLNpca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tschetter had previously served on the <a href="/wiki/National_Peace_Corps_Association" title="National Peace Corps Association">National Peace Corps Association</a> board from 1993 to 1999, as board chairman from 1995 to 1998 and as an honorary board member from 2000 to 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLNpca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an interview with Drew Houff of the Winchester Star in March 2008, Tschetter said that representing the Peace Corps is an honor.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLWinchester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "It’s the best job in Washington — I report directly to the president," Tschetter says.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLWinchester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "It is bipartisan, apolitical, and supported by most everyone. It also is strongly recognized as a great brand. I tell the new volunteers, ‘You are working for the gold standard of volunteerism in the Peace Corps.’"<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLWinchester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Promoting_the_Peace_Corps">Promoting the Peace Corps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Promoting the Peace Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tschetter says that his service as a volunteer was a life changing experience and for the past 40 years he and his wife have worked to convince others to make the same commitment.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLWinchester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "When you do and are going through it, you just don’t realize how much it is going to impact your life," says Tschetter.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLWinchester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Your whole value system, your insight, perceptions are impacted as such that it really changes your outlook. It changes what you do, and it changes your desire to serve."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLWinchester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tschetter says that he almost always accepts invitations to talk about the Peace Corps especially at universities because it helps bring new volunteers into the program and helps people understand what the Peace Corps does.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLWinchester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "When I get an invitation from a university, it gets my attention because I just know what this can do for a young person who decides to do it," Tschetter says.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLWinchester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I am here to encourage the students that this is an option in your life that you ought to give serious consideration."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLWinchester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recruitment_of_older_volunteers">Recruitment of older volunteers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Recruitment of older volunteers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During his confirmation hearings Tschetter announced that he would make recruiting older volunteers a priority for the Peace Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLTestimony_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLTestimony-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I hope to examine the agency’s recruiting process in order to broaden the applicant pool and better tap into the Baby Boom generation-- a rich harvestable field of potential Volunteers."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLTestimony_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLTestimony-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April, 2007, the Peace Corps announced the new "50 plus initiative."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the initiative, older volunteers will be placed in nine test countries: Cameroon, Lesotho and South Africa, along with Ukraine, Romania, Thailand, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Panama.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLSeattletimes_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLSeattletimes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the program Peace Corps' recruiting messages will be focused on adults 50 and older and publicized through groups such as the AARP and the National Retired Teachers Association.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLSeattletimes_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLSeattletimes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Older volunteers must successfully complete the medical clearing process to serve overseas.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLGrandfalls_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLGrandfalls-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We can't compromise. When we send people abroad, there is no fancy hospital around the corner," says Tschetter.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLGrandfalls_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLGrandfalls-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Medical screening, traditionally a lengthy and onerous process for older applicants, will be streamlined, and the transition time from acceptance to placement may be lengthened so older volunteers have more time to deal with personal affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLSeattletimes_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLSeattletimes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Peace Corps announced a goal to boost the ranks of volunteers 50 and older from 5 percent of the 7,749 Americans in the Peace Corps to 15 percent over the next two years.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLSeattletimes_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLSeattletimes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "There's around 80 million baby boomers that are now starting to retire. They're healthy and they have a real service element to them," said Tschetter during a trip to Montana in May 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLKpax_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLKpax-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "They love to give of themselves in a variety of service ways including volunteerism."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLKpax_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLKpax-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Peace Corps reported in August, 2008 that applications from seniors had risen 50% since the campaign began in September 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLSeniorscampaign_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLSeniorscampaign-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new campaign - called "Still Asking What You Can Do for Your Country?" is designed to appeal to baby boomers who grew up in the Kennedy years.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLSeniorscampaign_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLSeniorscampaign-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "JFK was a role model for everyone I knew back in the early '60s," said Loyci Stockey, 64, who is beginning his service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Uganda.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLSeniorscampaign_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLSeniorscampaign-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "He'd spoken passionately (during) my high school graduation year about some new program he was starting called the Peace Corps. I never forgot his message, and I tucked it away in the back of my head to act on someday. Today is my someday."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLSeniorscampaign_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLSeniorscampaign-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Murder_of_Peace_Corps_volunteer_in_the_Philippines">Murder of Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Murder of Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the disappearance of Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell in the Philippines in April, 2007, Tschetter flew to Manila to meet with Peace Corps volunteers and government officials to express his support and gather first hand information on the situation.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Campbell's body was recovered, Tschetter met with Philippine President Arroyo to thank the Philippine people and the government for their search efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A local citizen, Juan Donald Duntugan, was subsequently arrested for Campbell's murder,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> found guilty, and sentenced to life in prison in June, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLFoundguilty_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLFoundguilty-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tschetter visited the Philippines in September 2008 and met with President Arroyo to personally relay his gratitude for the speedy resolution of the Campbell case.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLPhilippinesreturn_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLPhilippinesreturn-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I cannot express enough my appreciation to the Philippine government for the way they handled the situation, how quickly they found the body," said Tschetter.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLPhilippinesreturn_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLPhilippinesreturn-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The incident has not affected our opinion and our presence in the Philippines. We don't see any situation at the present time that could threaten our presence in the Philippines."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLPhilippinesreturn_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLPhilippinesreturn-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Actions_by_U.S._Ambassador_to_Tanzania_Michael_Retzer">Actions by U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Michael Retzer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Actions by U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Michael Retzer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 14, 2007, the Peace Corps issued a press release announcing its strong disagreement with the decision of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Retzer" title="Michael Retzer">Michael Retzer</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Tanzania" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Tanzania">U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania</a>, to withdraw the authorization for Peace Corps Country Director Christine Djondo to remain in Tanzania.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLPressreleaseretzer_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLPressreleaseretzer-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The Peace Corps has always had full confidence in Ms. Djondo as country director. Unfortunately, U.S. Ambassador Michael Retzer did not concur and has exercised his authority as chief of mission to withdraw the authorization for Ms. Djondo to remain in country."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLPressreleaseretzer_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLPressreleaseretzer-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Press Release added that the adverse effects of Retzer's decision on the Peace Corps program in Tanzania included affecting "the morale of Volunteers, new trainees, and staff" and that "because of the number of staff transitions in Tanzania, the June training class is being reduced by half to ensure adequate support for currently serving Volunteers and the new training class."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLPressreleaseretzer_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLPressreleaseretzer-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 27 Senator <a href="/wiki/Chris_Dodd" title="Chris Dodd">Chris Dodd</a> put a hold on the nomination of <a href="/wiki/Mark_Andrew_Green" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Andrew Green">Mark Green</a> to replace Retzer as Ambassador citing Retzer's action as interference in the independence of the Peace Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLGreenbay_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLGreenbay-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dodd asked that Retzer rescind his cable of no confidence of Djondo or that the State Department provide a written apology to her.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLGreenbay_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLGreenbay-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 28, the State Department provided a written letter of apology to Djondo and Senator Dodd released his hold on Green's nomination allowing it to go forward.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Embassy_incident_in_Bolivia">Embassy incident in Bolivia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Embassy incident in Bolivia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July, 2007 just before a new group of thirty Peace Corps volunteers were sworn in, they received a security briefing from US Embassy Security Officer Vincent Cooper in which they were asked "to basically spy" on <a href="/wiki/Cubans" title="Cubans">Cubans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuelans</a> in the country according to a report from <a href="/wiki/ABC_News_(United_States)" title="ABC News (United States)">ABC News</a> on February 8, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLBolivia_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLBolivia-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peace Corps Deputy Director for <a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a> Doreen Salazar was present at the meeting and found the comments so out of line that she interrupted the briefing to clarify that volunteers did not have to follow the embassy's instructions and Salazar protested directly to the embassy.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLBolivia_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLBolivia-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We made it clear to the embassy that this was an inappropriate request, and they agreed."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLBolivia_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLBolivia-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Associated Press reported that the U.S. Embassy in <a href="/wiki/La_Paz" title="La Paz">La Paz</a> had issued a statement saying that "some routine information sessions about security given to certain American citizens included incorrect information. As soon as this was brought to our attention, appropriate measures were taken to assure that these errors would not be repeated."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is no indication that any Peace Corps volunteer made reports to the Embassy and Peace Corps issued a press release reiterating in no uncertain terms that the corps is not involved in any <a href="/wiki/Intelligence" title="Intelligence">intelligence</a> gathering.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLBolivia_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLBolivia-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 11, 2008 the Associated Press reported that Bolivian President <a href="/wiki/Evo_Morales" title="Evo Morales">Evo Morales</a> had declared Cooper an "undesirable person."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLMorales_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLMorales-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. embassy released a statement explaining that volunteers had mistakenly been given a security briefing meant only for embassy staff.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLMorales_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLMorales-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Nobody at the embassy has ever asked American citizens to participate in intelligence activities here," said U.S. ambassador Phillip S. Goldberg.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLMorales_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLMorales-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "But I want to say that I greatly regret the incident that was made known this weekend."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLMorales_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLMorales-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Budget_Shortfall_at_Peace_Corps">Budget Shortfall at Peace Corps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Budget Shortfall at Peace Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 23, 2008 the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Peace Corps would be closing their Minneapolis and Denver recruitment offices at the end of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLReduction_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLReduction-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tschetter said in a letter to Minnesota Congresswoman <a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">Betty McCollum</a> that Peace Corps is facing an estimated $8.7 million shortfall in its budget for FY2008 because of the weakening dollar and that the tight budget could force the Peace Corps to reduce the number of volunteers serving worldwide by 5% or 400 volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLReduction_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLReduction-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Withdrawal_of_volunteers_from_Bolivia">Withdrawal of volunteers from Bolivia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Withdrawal of volunteers from Bolivia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 16, 2008, Peace Corps announced it was suspending operations in Bolivia due to "growing instability" and withdrawing all volunteers from the country.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLBoliviawithdrawal_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLBoliviawithdrawal-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Our first priority is the safety and security of our volunteers," said Tschetter.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLBoliviawithdrawal_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLBoliviawithdrawal-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The withdrawal came in the aftermath of growing unrest in Bolivia after more than 30 people were killed in Pando the previous week and the expulsion of US Ambassador <a href="/wiki/Philip_Goldberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip Goldberg">Philip Goldberg</a> after accusations by the Bolivian government accusing the American government of inciting the violence.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLBoliviawithdrawal_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLBoliviawithdrawal-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> State Department Press Secretary Sean McCormack was asked during a press conference on September 16 if the withdrawal of Peace Corps volunteers has anything to do with any reduction measure and he replied that "...we have to look at the situation on the ground, and it’s our obligation to take those steps that we think are necessary to ensure that our people are able to accomplish the long-term goals of that mission. And we believe that this was a prudent step based on the situation on the ground in Bolivia."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLMcCormack_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLMcCormack-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Referring to the decision to withdraw volunteers McCormack added that "Security played a big part in it."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLMcCormack_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLMcCormack-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mac Maroglis wrote in Newsweek on September 20 that after Bolivia expelled US Ambassador Goldberg that "Washington answered by sending off the Bolivian and Venezuelan ambassadors, and even suspending Peace Corps operations."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLMargolis_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLMargolis-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Peace Corps issued a press release on September 22 that "while the expulsion of the U.S. Ambassador was considered by the Peace Corps, the decision to temporarily suspend the Peace Corps program in Bolivia was based on the Peace Corps emergency action plan and its evaluation process for suspensions and evacuations. The safety and security of the Volunteers and their ability to do their work are the primary factors in such a decision. In the case of Bolivia, there was increasing civil unrest, including blockading of major transportation routes, a mass protest and march planned, and escalating violence against Bolivian citizens. We made the decision to consolidate the Volunteers and then to move all 113 Volunteers based on our own evaluation."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLBoliviapressrlease_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLBoliviapressrlease-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 22, 2008 Associated Press published a story saying that several volunteers who had been serving in Bolivia believe that the US government overreacted with a blanket withdrawal of volunteers and that although some parts of Bolivia were unstable, most volunteers felt no security threat.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLOverreacted_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLOverreacted-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Peace Corps, unfortunately, has become another weapon in the U.S. diplomatic arsenal," said Sarah Nourse who had been serving as a volunteer in Bolivia.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLOverreacted_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLOverreacted-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas Shannon, the top US diplomat for Latin America, said that security had been the only reason for the pullout of Peace Corps volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLOverreacted_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLOverreacted-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We don't politicize the Peace Corps," Shannon said.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLOverreacted_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLOverreacted-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Joshua Partlow reported in the Washington Post on October 23, 2008, that when Peace Corps volunteers were being evacuated from Bolivia, volunteers were asked how many planned to return to Bolivia on their own and about half the group members raised their hands, according to participants.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLOntheirown_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLOntheirown-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The article stated that more than 15 volunteers have since returned to Bolivia after leaving the Peace Corps and are working on their own to complete the projects they began as Peace Corps volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLOntheirown_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLOntheirown-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I've never felt safer in my life than I was here," said volunteer Aaron York.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLOntheirown_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLOntheirown-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I needed to be back here. . . . There was no time to say goodbye to everyone, to achieve any kind of closure, in my service, in my life here, and I really felt like I needed that."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLOntheirown_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLOntheirown-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A spokesman for the Peace Corps said that the Peace Corps does not anticipate being able to return volunteers to Bolivia and reopen the program until fall of 2009 at the earliest.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLOntheirown_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLOntheirown-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liberia_Program_Reopened_after_18_years">Liberia Program Reopened after 18 years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Liberia Program Reopened after 18 years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 22, 2008 the Voice of America reported that Peace Corps is re-opening its program in Liberia which closed in 1990 due to the Liberian Civil War.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLVoaliberia_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLVoaliberia-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "With the country enjoying a new period of peace and at the request of President Sirleaf, the Peace Corps is reestablishing a program to help rebuild Liberia's education infrastructure. And it was last year in October that the President of the United States told President Sirleaf that we would work to make that happen," said State Department Press Secretary Dana Perino.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLPerino_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLPerino-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original program in Liberia ran from 1961 to 1990 and over 4,400 volunteers served in Liberia during that period.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLPerino_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLPerino-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf had requested that the Peace Corps re-establish its program.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLVoaliberia_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLVoaliberia-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peace Corps volunteers will work in teacher training programs, libraries, high schools, parent-teacher associations, and health care.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLVoaliberia_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLVoaliberia-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposal_for_Peace_Corps_Foundation">Proposal for Peace Corps Foundation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Proposal for Peace Corps Foundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 23, 2008 Tschetter proposed the creation of a <i>Peace Corps Foundation</i> as a private charitable non-profit corporation "to advance the Peace Corps' third goal of inspiring a better understanding of other cultures through returned Volunteers in America" and "to increase public awareness within the United States of Peace Corps Volunteer experiences, and the diversity of the countries in which they serve."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLFoundation_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLFoundation-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tschetter proposed that the foundation not be a federal agency but that funding would be sought from corporations, foundations, and private individuals while grants would be provided for programs approved by a governing board.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLFoundation_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLFoundation-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tschetter proposed that the foundation have a building in Washington, DC that would serve as an education facility "where Americans, particularly children, would come and learn more about other cultures and countries, as well as how the Peace Corps fulfills its mission of promoting peace and friendship worldwide."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLFoundation_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLFoundation-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">Peace Corps</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Tschetter&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLwhitehouse_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLwhitehouse_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060725-5.html">The White House. "Personnel Announcement." July 25, 2006.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bethel.edu/publications/bethel-investor/2009/winter/florida">"Fellowship in Florida"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bethel_University_(Minnesota)" title="Bethel University (Minnesota)">Bethel University</a>. Winter 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 21,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Fellowship+in+Florida&rft.pub=Bethel+University&rft.date=2009&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bethel.edu%2Fpublications%2Fbethel-investor%2F2009%2Fwinter%2Fflorida&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Tschetter" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLNpca-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLNpca_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rpcv.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=1565&ref=&fin=2">National Peace Corps Association. "Ron Tschetter (India 66-68) Confirmed to Lead Peace Corps" September 29, 2006.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLBillings-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLBillings_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLBillings_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLBillings_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLBillings_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/29/news/state/60-tschetter.txt">Billings Gazette. "Nominee recalls his days in Corps" by Jan Falstad. July 29, 2006.</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged April 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/282060.html">Miami Herald. "Peace Corps volunteer can't stop giving" by Priscilla Greear. October 25, 2007.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLSmallpox-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLSmallpox_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLSmallpox_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLSmallpox_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/oct/02/parttime_naples_resident_new_director_peace_corps/?local_news">Naples News. "Peace Corps seeing resurgence, new chief says" by Amie Parnes. October 2, 2006.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=1226">Peace Corps Press Release. "Peace Corps Director Visits Kenya and Unique Deaf Education Program ." June 26, 2007.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070714071435/http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=1226">Archived</a> July 14, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLWinchester-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLWinchester_8-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.winchesterstar.com/article_details.php?ArticleID=5619">The Winchester Star. "Peace Corps director leads by his example" by Drew Houff. March 28, 2008.</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged April 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLTestimony-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLTestimony_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLTestimony_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20071127175639/http://www.rpcv.org/Tschetter_Written_Testimony_9.5.06.pdf">National Peace Corps Association. "Statement of Ronald A. Tschetter." September 5, 2006.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=1208">Peace Corps Press Release. "Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter Travels to Seattle-Tacoma Area to Visit Top Colleges and Recruit Baby Boomers." April 26, 2007.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070714213544/http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=1208">Archived</a> July 14, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLSeattletimes-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLSeattletimes_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLSeattletimes_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLSeattletimes_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLSeattletimes_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003681639_peacecorps26m.html">Seattle Times. "Peace Corps ventures out to attract some older volunteers" by Marsha King. April 26, 2007.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLGrandfalls-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLGrandfalls_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLGrandfalls_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080531/NEWS01/805310307">Great Falls Tribune. "Peace Corps recruiting volunteers from pool of retiring baby boomers" by Mallory Nelson. May 31, 2008.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLKpax-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLKpax_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLKpax_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=8404048&nav=menu227_5">KPAX-TV "Peace Corps director travels Montana" May 30, 2008.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLSeniorscampaign-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLSeniorscampaign_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLSeniorscampaign_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLSeniorscampaign_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLSeniorscampaign_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-12-peace-corps_N.htm">USA Today. "Peace Corps wish fulfilled years later" by Korie Wilkins and Andrew Seaman. August 12, 2008.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gmanews.tv/story/38598/US-Peace-Corps-director-arriving-in-Manila">GMA News. "US Peace Corps director arriving in Manila." April 16, 2007.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.op.gov.ph/news.asp?newsid=17565">Office of the President, republic of the Philippines. "U.S. Peace Corps head thanks PGMA for support in rescue efforts for missing Campbell." April 18, 2007.</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged April 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.philippinenews.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=d028e054813dcfe07b69ee4ff476b436">Philippine News. "Filipino pleads not guilty to murdering Peace Corps volunteer." June 27, 2007.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070706171235/http://www.philippinenews.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=d028e054813dcfe07b69ee4ff476b436">Archived</a> July 6, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLFoundguilty-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PCOLFoundguilty_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view/20080630-145573/Life-in-prison-for-killer-of-Peace-Corps-volunteer">The Inquirer. "Life in prison for killer of Peace Corps volunteer" by Melvin Gascon. June 30, 2008.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080721212405/http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view/20080630-145573/Life-in-prison-for-killer-of-Peace-Corps-volunteer">Archived</a> July 21, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLPhilippinesreturn-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLPhilippinesreturn_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLPhilippinesreturn_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLPhilippinesreturn_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=129706">ABS CBN News. "US Peace Corps faces challenges of security, inflation" by Caroline J. Howard. September 5, 2008.</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged April 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLPressreleaseretzer-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLPressreleaseretzer_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLPressreleaseretzer_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLPressreleaseretzer_20-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Peace Corps Press Release. "Peace Corps strongly disagrees with Ambassador Michael Retzer's decision to withdraw the authorization for Peace Corps Country Director Christine Djondo to remain in Tanzania" June 14, 2007. An archival copy of the Press Release is available <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2192093.html">here</a>. <i>Note: The information from this source is a product of an agency of the US Federal government is not subject to Fair Use restrictions as it is in the public domain.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLGreenbay-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLGreenbay_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLGreenbay_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Green Bay Press Gazette. "Green ambassadorship being held up." June 27, 2007. The link to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070627/GPG0101/70627102">original story</a> has expired. An archival link is available on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2199244.html">Peace Corps Online</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Appleton Post Crescent. "State Department apology ends hold on Mark Green's nomination" by Ellyn Ferguson. June 27, 2007. The link to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070628/APC0101/70628167/1979">original story</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged September 2017">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> has expired. An archival link is available on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2199419.html">Peace Corps Online</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLBolivia-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLBolivia_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLBolivia_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLBolivia_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLBolivia_23-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4262036&page=1">ABC News. "Exclusive: Peace Corps, Fulbright Scholar Asked to 'Spy' on Cubans, Venezuelans" by Jean Friedman-Rudovsky. February 8, 2008.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jirqN7XJYpCvs7i5LSoHK9GFaHbQD8UMH6700">Associated Press. "US Sought Help in Bolivia" by Dan Keane. February 8, 2008.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080212192322/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jirqN7XJYpCvs7i5LSoHK9GFaHbQD8UMH6700">Archived</a> February 12, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://abcnews.go.com/images/Blotter/Full_Statement_Peace_Corps.pdf">Peace Corps Press Office. "Full Statement from the Peace Corps" February 8, 2008.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLMorales-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLMorales_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLMorales_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLMorales_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLMorales_26-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jirqN7XJYpCvs7i5LSoHK9GFaHbQD8UOG6O80">Associated Press. "Morales Accuses US Official of Spying" by Alvaro Zuazo. February 11, 2008.</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged May 2016">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLReduction-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLReduction_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLReduction_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/25835504.html">Minneapolis Star-Tribune. "Peace Corps to close Minneapolis office" by Emily Kaiser. July 23, 2008.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLBoliviawithdrawal-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLBoliviawithdrawal_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLBoliviawithdrawal_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLBoliviawithdrawal_28-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/16/bolivia.peace.corps/">CNN. " Peace Corps temporarily out of Bolivia" September 16, 2008.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLMcCormack-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLMcCormack_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLMcCormack_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2008/sept/109775.htm">Department of State. "Daily Press Briefing, Sean McCormack, Spokesman. September 16, 2008.</a> Note: The information from this source is a product of an agency of the US Federal government is not subject to Fair Use restrictions as it is in the public domain.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLMargolis-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PCOLMargolis_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/160038">Newsweek. "The Battle Of Bolivia " by Mac Margolis. September 20, 2008.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLBoliviapressrlease-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PCOLBoliviapressrlease_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Peace Corps Press Release. September 22, 2008. An archival copy of the Peace Corps Press Release is available <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/3211067.html">here</a> Note: The information from this source is a product of an agency of the US Federal government is not subject to Fair Use restrictions as it is in the public domain.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLOverreacted-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLOverreacted_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLOverreacted_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLOverreacted_32-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLOverreacted_32-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5junCV_511B-gpBQZ32RF8DYmomvwD93OC27G0">Associated Press. "Ex-volunteers angry at Peace Corps Bolivia pullout" by Andrew Whalen. October 11, 2008.</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged May 2016">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLOntheirown-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLOntheirown_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLOntheirown_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLOntheirown_33-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLOntheirown_33-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLOntheirown_33-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102203710.html">Washington Post. "Policy and Passions Collide in Bolivia" by Joshua Partlow. October 23, 2008.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLVoaliberia-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLVoaliberia_34-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLVoaliberia_34-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLVoaliberia_34-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-10-22-voa56.cfm">Voice of America. "Peace Corps to Return to Liberia After Nearly 19 Years" October 22, 2008.</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged April 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> <i>Note: The information from this source is a product of an agency of the US Federal government is not subject to Fair Use restrictions as it is in the public domain.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLPerino-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLPerino_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLPerino_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/10/20081022-2.html">Department of State. "Press Briefing by Press Secretary Dana Perino" October 22, 2008.</a> <i>Note: The information from this source is a product of an agency of the US Federal government is not subject to Fair Use restrictions as it is in the public domain.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCOLFoundation-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLFoundation_36-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLFoundation_36-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCOLFoundation_36-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=1389">Peace Corps Press Release. "Peace Corps Director Seeks to Establish a Peace Corps Foundation." 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