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America Serves "When you choose to serve -- whether it's your nation, your community or simply your neighborhood -- you are connected to that fundamental American ideal that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness not just for ourselves, but for all Americans. That's why it's called the American dream." The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps,...

(Talon News) -- First Lady Laura Bush traveled to Detroit Thursday to visit a community center in a low income area of the city and talk about new proposals to help at-risk youth escape involvement with gangs. Saying that all children need adults who care and who will listen, the first lady stressed, "Children with mentors are less likely to begin using drugs or engage in alcohol or violence, and they're more likely to go to class and stay in school." In his State of the Union address last month, President George W. Bush announced a new initiative to encourage...