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What’s a guy got to do to get ahead around here? That is what the ambitious and hard-working U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton must be asking himself today — especially after U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy’s nationally televised speech Tuesday night. The way Moulton sees it, he does all the work and Kennedy, his rival, gets all the attention. Some feel that on a level-playing field it is Moulton who should have been chosen to give the official Democrat Party response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address — not Kennedy. Moulton, an Iraqi War veteran, has recruited some 19...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he will nominate Aaron Williams, a career international development specialist, to be director of the Peace Corps.

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THE ZONGO VALLEY, Bolivia Crucifixes mark the many places travelers died along the narrow, rugged dirt road linking this remote tropical valley to the world's highest capital city, La Paz. In a Jeep descending a rocky mountainside, where the road zigzags down from the base of snowy peaks to a tropical jungle valley filled with banana trees, a passenger who spent his life traveling this road makes the sign of the cross — the tires sliding precariously down the muddy road as he prays. Starving dogs roam the roadside, as does a man with a bolt-action rifle strapped across his...

George Bush's Peace Corpsis contributing your hard-earned tax dollars to the cause of cultural revolution – specifically the promotion of the radical homosexual political agenda. One recent example is a proclamation by Bush's Peace Corps director, Gaddi Vasquez, designating June as "Gay and Lesbian Pride Month" in his agency. "Pride Month is a time to appreciate and celebrate contributions that Gay and Lesbian [Americans] have made to our society," Vasquez said in making the proclamation. "The Peace Corps is committed to maintaining a diverse workforce reflective of our nation's citizenry. Creating a work environment where each employee and volunteer is...

Post-war pacification in Afghanistan and Iraq is a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. So the question is, who? So far, it's been mostly the US Army, which may not be the best outfit for the task, good as it is at a lot of things. Not only that but our fighting forces are stretched mighty thin these days, with virtually all combat-ready brigades deployed. There's a real question as to whether it's wise to siphon off thousands of troops for humanitarian work. You can say they're overqualified or underqualified, it doesn't matter because it adds up to...