President Kennedy faced impotence in vital areas of the U.S. foreign policy machine. He was particularly critical of American diplomats' inability to learn different languages. 70% of all new foreign housing officers had no foreign language skills; only three of the forty-four Americans in the embassy in Belgrade spoke Yugoslavian; no Americans in Incipient Delhi could speak Indian dialects; and only two of the nine ambassadors to the Middle East spoke Arabic. Furthermore, it was noted that there were only twenty-six black officers in the entire foreign services (Enhancing the Peace Corps Experience pp.75). What President John F. Kennedy wanted was to inspire mutual understanding between Americans and people of other nations and cultures (Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle). On September 22, 1961, President John F. Kennedy finalized and signed legislation to pursue peace. Body. Since then there has been legislation called the Peace Corps Act, 22 US Code § 2501 (1961). The Peace Corps Act has been divided into 3 main designations, 1.0 is...