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Launch of the Civilian Response Corps of the United States of America
WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice formally launched the interagency Civilian Response Corps in a ceremony ...
US launches civilian rapid response force for world hotspots
AFP -
The State Department said the Civilian Response Corps will have both active and standby members from various government bodies like the departments of state ...
Original Articles
Letter to the editor
TIME Magazine -
Walter Isaacson persuasively presents the case for a Civilian Reserve Corps that would harness the skills of American engineers, doctors, judges and teachers to help in troubled areas [Sept. 22]. I am pleased to inform TIME's readers that such a group, the Civilian Response Corps, is already coming into existence...
A mission for civilians
National Catholic Reporter -
Conflict prevention, typically low on the Bush administration’s to-do list, got a boost this summer when the U.S. State Department announced it was launching the Civilian Response Corps...
The facts of strife
The Boston Globe - Boston, MA, USA
IF THE UNITED STATES has learned anything from its long, inconclusive wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, it's that military power alone isn't enough...
Secretary Launches Civilian Response Corps
State Magazine - Washington, DC, USA
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has inaugurated a new Civilian Response Corps that allows federal employees with varied expertise to be deployed to countries descending into or emerging from conflict...
Rice hails corps to rebuild nations
Washington Times - Washington, DC, USA
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice inaugurated the U.S. government's first-ever civilian nation-building team Wednesday in a bid to learn from missteps in Iraq and Afghanistan reconstruction efforts.
Hording chocolate and airing the pork
Scripps News - Washington, DC, USA
It didn't get much press attention, but this past week brought the debut of the Civilian Response Corps, a team of federal employees who will be dispatched ...
Coast Lines: July 18, 2008
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
The US State Department this week officially unveiled the Civilian Response Corps, a team of engineers, health experts, diplomats and other professionals ...
Peace group awards perfect rating to US Rep. Sam Farr
The Salinas Californian - Salinas,CA,USA
The legislation creates a Civilian Response Corps to allow civilians to take the lead in US efforts to rebuild conflict-torn nations. ...
U.S. Civilians Recruited To Help Troubled Nations
NPR -
In the coming months, the State Department will put out a call to American engineers, city planners and judges in the hopes that patriotism will compel them to leave their comfortable lives in the United States for far-flung locales and potentially dangerous work — saving states the U.S. classifies as "failing."...
How Condi got her groove back
Aspen Daily News - Aspen,CO,USA
She called for the implementation of a civilian response corps where professionals, such as lawyers, are compensated to take time off to help rebuilding ... [Read Secretary Rice's full interview with Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson]
Blog Postings
The Birth of the Civilian Response Corps
By Mark(Mark)
According to a State department fact sheet, the Civilian response Corps will consist of 250 full-time employees and 2000 "standby" members who can "deploy rapidly to countries in crisis or emerging from conflict, in order to provide ...
Deploying Civilians
GovExec.com - Washington, DC, USA
With the launch of the Civilian Response Corps yesterday, civilian federal employees such as diplomats, development specialists, public health officials, ...
Glassman reaches out to bloggers
By MountainRunner
The Under Secretary was late to the teleconference attending the launch of the Civilian Response Corps, an issue close to this bloggers interest. This teleconference was a good start at outreach and engagement, but Steve and I were both ...
Civilian Response Corps Launched
By SWJED
The Civilian Response Corps will consist initially of Active and Standby components. Both are composed of full-time federal employees that are trained and equipped to deploy rapidly to countries in crisis or emerging from conflict, ...
Civilian Response Corps Launched (SWJ Blog)
Jul 16, 2008 ... Secretary Rice delivers remarks at the State Department for the announcement of the Civilian Response Corps, 16 July 2008. ...
Civilian Response Corps goes operational
By Josh Weissburg
Another 2000 who have other federal jobs will serve as the "standby" component, said John Herbst, the department's coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization. About 37 percent of the active corps will come from the US Agency for ...
State Dept. Launches Civilian Response Corps
By Chris Good
... Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has announced. The department's Civilian Response Corps will be comprised of civilian experts in diplomacy, healthcare, finance, and engineering. It will seek to resolve conflicts [...]
US Civilian Response Corps: good, but not enough
By Daniel Korski
After several years, the US government finally unveiled a new personnel cadre - the Civilian Response Corps of the United States of America – who will deploy, alongside the US military, into post-conflict theatres. ...
