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FILE - In this June 19, 1996 file photo, President Clinton embraces R. Sargent Shriver in the Rose Garden of the White House Wednesday June 19, 1996 during a ceremony to honor the 35th anniversary of the Peace Corps. Shriver was named the first director of the Peace Corps by President John F. Kennedy. Shriver, the exuberant public servant and Kennedy in-law whose singular career included directing the Peace Corps, fighting the "War on Poverty" and, less successfully, running for office, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011. He was 95. (AP Photo/Ruth Fremson, File)