THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Peace Corps
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VISTA
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Navy Seals
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CIA
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kennedy issues Executive Order #10924, establishing the Peace Corps as a new agency within the Department of State. The same day, he sent a message to Congress asking for permanent funding for the agency, which would send trained American men and women to foreign nations to assist in development efforts.
Detailed explanation-3: -Peace Corps, U.S. government agency of volunteers, established by executive order by Pres. John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961, and authorized by the U.S. Congress through the Peace Corps Act of September 22, 1961.
Detailed explanation-4: -Its website proclaims that the first group of Peace Corps volunteers is Ghana in fact, the first Peace Corps volunteers were, and are, the members of a group known as Colombia I.