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Government Finds Recruits Scarce for Iraq Aid Jobs

By Michele Kelemen
Published November 25, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST
This story was published more than 20 years ago.

Violence in Iraq has meant the State Department's aid agency is having trouble finding recruits who are willing to travel there. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

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Michele Kelemen
Michele Kelemen has been with NPR for two decades, starting as NPR's Moscow bureau chief and now covering the State Department and Washington's diplomatic corps. Her reports can be heard on all NPR News programs, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
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