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PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS:KEVIN F. F. QUIGLEY
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Congressional Testimony
07-25-2007
Statement of Kevin F. F. Quigley President National Peace Corps Association
Committee on Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere,
Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs July 25, 2007 Chairman Dodd and Ranking
Member Corker, my name is Kevin Quigley, President of the National Peace
Corps Association (NPCA). Like many other witnesses today, I am a Returned
Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV). I served in Thail...
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