Source:
Boston Globe
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CHRIS DODD is summoning up the spirit of JFK.
Speaking Saturday in front of Nashua City Hall, where Kennedy kicked off his 1960 presidential campaign, Dodd proposed a sweeping national service program, starting with high school and extending through retirement.
His own time as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic changed his life, says Dodd, who plans to make national service a signature idea of his presidential campaign. He and thousands like him volunteered because, all those long decades ago, a dynamic young president asked them to think beyond themselves. It's time for America to re-establish that ethic, he says.
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public. date:
June 26, 2007
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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/06/26/a_voice_of_experience/
