1.0 link 155849 <![CDATA[Is Obama Missing the National Service Moment?]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-waldman/is-obama-missing-the-nati_b_155849.html The Obama administration may be about to squander a historic opportunity. By all reports, the economic recovery plan doesn't include a large-scale national service program.

Franklin Roosevelt viewed the Civilian Conservation Corps as an essential part of the New Deal, and it became one of its most popular programs. It was, Roosevelt said, "killing two birds with one stone. We are clearly enhancing the value of our natural resources and second, we are relieving an appreciable amount of actual distress."

Too often,...

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