PEACE CORPS IN THE 21 ST CENTURY: A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS

169244 The 2001 proposal included the AmeriCorps as one of the options formandatory service. At this point in the legislation, the Peace Corps was not included.245 “Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003. PublicLaw 107-314,” http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/olc/docs/PL107-314.pdf (accessed December3, 2007).246 Peace Corps, Volunteer Handbook (Washington, DC: Peace Corps Press,2005), 73.247 Damien Cave, “Army’s Top Recruiter Sees a Tough Year Ahead,” The HeraldTribune International, May 14, 2005,http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/13/news/recruit.php (accessed December 3, 2007).248 Dave Moniz, “Army Offers 15-month Hitch,” USA Today, May 31, 2005,http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-13-army-short-tour_x.htm(accessed December 3, 2007).249 Ibid.250 Gearan, “Mission Creep.”251 Ibid.252 Christopher Dodd, “Statement of Senator Dodd at the Subcommittee onHemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs Hearing,”http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/3990 (accessed December 3, 2007).253 Avi Spiegel, “Not the Place for Soldiers,” The Baltimore Sun, August 21,2005, section 5C.