Claims that almost 1,000 women have been raped while serving in the peace corps.
Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) tonight charged that the Peace Corps worked to cover up the rape of nearly 1,000 U.S. women volunteers over the last decade.
Poe cited an ABCNews reportfrom last week in which victims said the Peace Corps failed to heed safety concerns and in some cases blamed the women for "bringing on the attacks."
Poe cited one case in which a 29-year old woman was kidnapped, repeatedly raped and abandoned, and said the Peace Corps failed to act before or after those attacks. "In fact, for political reasons the Peace Corps did everything it could to ignore and cover up the dastardly deed, blaming the crime on the victim," Poe charged tonight.
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