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American Friends Service Committee

The American Friends Service Committee is a Religious Society of Friends founded organization working for peace and social justice in the United States and around the world. AFSC was founded in 1917 as a combined effort by American members of the Religious Society of Friends to assist civilian victims of World War I. It continued to engage in relief action in Europe and the Soviet Union after the Armistice of 1918. By the mid-1920s it focused on improving racial relations in the U.S., as well as exploring ways to prevent the outbreak of another conflict before and after World War II. Wikipedia*

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American Friends Service Committee has hosted 6 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1989 Forum. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2001 with an average of 822 views per video. Most appearances with James Matlack (2). Most common tag: Persian Gulf War.

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    Casualties in Iraq

    The American Friends Service Committee assembled hundreds of pairs of combat boots on Capitol Hill to demonstrate the sacrifi…

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    The World After September 11

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    U.S. Military Role in the World

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    Quaker Middle East Report

    Mr. Grace just returned from an extensive trip in the Middle East. He addressed a breakfast meeting on his observations.

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