George W. Bush speaks in front of a USA Freedom Corps display.

The USA Freedom Corps is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the President serving as its chair. Its creation was announced by George W. Bush in his State of the Union Address of January 29, 2002, and it was officially established on January 30, 2002, the next day. Housed at the White House, it identifies itself as a "Coordinating Council... working to strengthen our culture of service and help find opportunities for every American to start volunteering." [1] Image File history File links Gwb_usa_freedom_corps. ... Image File history File links Gwb_usa_freedom_corps. ... The Executive Office of the President consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff. ... The President of the United States (often abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former Governor of the State of Texas. ... The State of the Union Address is an annual event in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country, normally to a joint session of the U.S. Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate). ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. ...

A USA Freedom Corps Network promotes individual volunteer service opportunities within the United States and abroad. The council is also involved with U.S. federal government service programs such as the Peace Corps, Citizen Corps, AmeriCorps and Senior Corps. It has also announced it has begun to work "with educators and others to help increase civic awareness and participation" across the United States. This group of political volunteers is working to promote voter turn-out. ... :This article describes the government of the United States. ... Peace Corps volunteers usually serve for two years. ... the AmeriCorps logo In the United States, AmeriCorps is a network of more than 2,100 non-profit organizations, public agencies, and faith-based organizations. ...

Created within months of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the body sought in part to encourage volunteer participation in homeland security. The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of suicide attacks against civilians of the United States conducted on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. ... Military personnel have started to guard transportation facilities such as New York Penn Station as part of homeland security efforts. ...

In a commentary on the right-wing website NewsMax.com, Miguel A. Faria Jr. attacked the program as statist and collectivist, a "bureaucratic boondoggle" that might evolve into "compulsory service," and the name "USA Freedom Corps" as an instance of Orwellian Newspeak. [2] Meanwhile, in a piece on the left-wing magazine American Prospect's site, Jeremy Lott critically linked the announcement of the Corp's creation to the controversial Operation TIPS, a program encouraging citizens to report 'suspicious activity'. [3] In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the Right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... NewsMax. ... Statism is a term to describe an economic system where a government implements a significant degree of centralized economic planning or intervention, as opposed to a system where the overwhelming majority of economic planning occurs at a decentralized level by private individuals in a relatively free market. ... Collectivism, in general, is a term used to describe a theoretical or practical emphasis on the group, as opposed to (and seen by many of its opponents to be at the expense of) the individual. ... In sociological theories, bureaucracy is an organizational structure characterized by regularized procedure, division of responsibility, hierarchy, and impersonal relationships. ... Orwellian describes a situation, idea, or condition that George Orwell identified as being inimical to the welfare of a free-society. ... Newspeak is a fictional language in George Orwells novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. ... In politics, left-wing or leftism are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially but not exclusively in the American sense of the word), or with opposition to right-wing politics. ... The American Prospect is a monthly magazine which focuses on US politics and public policy. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The first director of the program was John Bridgeland, previously director of the Domestic Policy Council on George W. Bush's White House staff.

Fundraisers George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

The Corps came to international attention on January 3, 2005, when George W. Bush named former presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton to lead a major campaign, through the Corps, to raise funds from private individuals and businesses to provide humanitarian support for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunamis. Image File history File links Bush_Clinton_PSA.jpeg Summary George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, from http://www. ... Image File history File links Bush_Clinton_PSA.jpeg Summary George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, from http://www. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the best President of the United States (1989–1997). ... William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ... Fundraising is the term referring to the process of soliciting and gathering money by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. ... The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was prompted by one of the major natural disasters of modern times. ... The December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hits Thailand The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. ...

External links

• Official site
• USA Freedom Corps for Kids
• President Bush's USA Freedom Corps is a wasteful 'affront to American ideals', 2002 press release from the Libertarian Party
• USA Freedom Corps Celebrates Two Year Anniversary, 2004 press release from the Republican National Committee
• The USA Freedom Corps and the Role of the States, 2002 paper (pdf file)