Warren Weinstein Peace Corps CD
Warren was an amazing guy. When he came in to interview for a country director position in the early 80s,…
As he announced Warren Weinstein’s death Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama praised what he said was Weinstein’s lifelong dedication to service, first as a Peace Corps volunteer and later as a USAID contractor. Weinstein, Obama said, was someone who “willingly left the comforts of home to help the people of Pakistan,” focusing his work on helping families escape poverty to give their children a better life.
“This was a man who basically dedicated his life to service, to people in general, but especially to people in a country where the standard of living was low and difficult. … It’s tragic that he was killed the way he was,” former U.S. Ambassador Dan Simpson said.
In a letter to the Washington Post, however, Weinstein said he had been a country director in Togo and Ivory Coast but did not mention being a PCV.
Warren was an amazing guy. When he came in to interview for a country director position in the early 80s, I was one of those to whom he spoke. We had not met before then, but Warren did his homework well. He came into my office, greeted me and proceeded to carry on the conversation in Swahili!