GADDI VASQUEZ DIRECTOR, PEACE CORPS GADDI VASQUEZ DELIVERS REMARKS ON VOLUNTEERS SERVING IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES

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Washington Transcript Service
10-14-2004
GADDI VASQUEZ DELIVERS REMARKS ON VOLUNTEERS SERVING IN
MUSLIM COUNTRIES
OCTOBER 14, 2004
SPEAKER: GADDI VASQUEZ,
DIRECTOR, PEACE CORPS
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VASQUEZ: Thank you very much. Let me begin by expressing my
deep appreciation for the opportunity to be with you today and I want to
thank Sheila for that kind introduction. I want to thank Ken for his helping
and arranging and organizing this event.
And I've come to understand that he has a very close and personal
affiliation with the Peace Corps, in that his wife served in ...

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