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Blog Entries by Josh Ruxin from 01/2009

PEPFAR's Shortcomings: What is to Be Done?

| Posted 01.17.2009 | World
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Abstinence Only, Pepfar, Millennium Development Goals, Health, President Obama, Africa, HIV in Africa, Abstinence Education, Bush Legacy, HIV/AIDS Africa, Development, Foreign Policy, World News

While it is beginning to look old and creaky, PEPFAR is a progressive and productive program that provides an excellent base of experience on which the Obama administration can build.

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What it Means to Be American

| Posted 01.20.2009 | World
Read More: Supreme Court, Rwanda, Obama Election, Americans Abroad Obama, Health, Millennium Development Goals, Obama Inauguration, Africa, Obama International Reaction, Americans Abroad, Kenya and Post-Election Violence, Democracy, Africa Obama, International Relations, Obama Kenya, World News

I'd like to go back to Rwanda or Kenya or Ethiopia on Jan. 20. I could point to the TV and say: "Look. Listen. This is what it means to be American."

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The Peace Corps Returns

| Posted 01.28.2009 | World
Read More: John F. Kennedy, Rwanda, Health, Barack Obama, Peace Corps, World, Volunteering, Giving Back, Africa, Community, Jfk, Peace Corps., World News

Though the Peace Corps was founded nearly 50 years ago, the program is still extraordinarily vital, and the need for Peace Corps volunteers is greater today than ever before.

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