PEACE CORPS IN THE 21 ST CENTURY: A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS

168235 Ibid.236 Ibid.237 The Citizen Corps was established during the Clinton administration as a wayto build a volunteer corps to assist with national disasters. With the establishment of theFreedom Corps, President Bush changed the focus of the citizen corps, placing it underthe direction of the Homeland Security department. The Citizen Corps now focusesspecifically on terrorism and terrorist attacks.238 Amitai Etizioni is a Sociologist. He is currently a professor at GeorgeWashington University and the founder of the communitarian movement.239 Amitai Etzioni, “How Not to Squander the Volunteer Spirit,” ChristianScience Monitor, January 27, 2003, 1.240 Ibid.241 Kevin Quigley, “Keep Peace, Military Separate,” October 16, 2005,http://www.rpcv.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=1234 (accessed December 5, 2007).242 Mark D. Gearan, “Mission Creep” New York Times, October 4, 2005,www.nytimes.com/2005/10/04/opinion/04gearan.html (accessed December 3, 2007).243 Gaddi Vasquez, “Statement of Gaddi H. Vasquez, Director, The Peace CorpsBefore the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee onWestern Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs,” Peace Corps Onlinehttp://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/2629/1008362.html (accessed December3, 2007).