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Meet The Woman Who Started The Peace Corps … For Geeks

“The 9 most exciting words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to code.'” — definitely NOT Ronald Reagan. And yet, these programmers are making the government so efficient that even the Gipper would blush. Don’t miss 0:55, when you’ll meet a fire hydrant looking for love, and stick around…

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