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JFK’s Peace Corps architect recalls one trip where he felt stalked by history

Global Politics

Harris Wofford designed the Peace Corps under President John Kennedy and then led its programs in Africa. He told The World’s Marco Werman a strange tale of one business trip across Africa that began in December of 1962, where political upheaval seemed to follow him wherever he went.

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