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United States Office of Economic Opportunity - Definition and Overview |
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The United States Office of Economic Opportunity was a division of the Executive Branch of the United States government concerned with overall planning, promoting, and administering programs relative to the provision of opportunities for economic advancement.
Under the president Nixon administration, the Office was headed by Donald Rumsfeld. Dick Cheney was under Rumsfeld's tutelage. They were in charge of carrying forward the War on Poverty.
President Nixon abolished the Office in 1974, in his last
year as president.
Directors 1965-1974
- R.Sargent Shriver 1965-1968
- Bertrand Harding 1968-1969
- Donald Rumsfeld 1969-1971
- Frank C Carlucci 1971-1972
- Philip V Sanchez 1972-1973
- Arvin J. Arnett 1973-1974
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Example Usage of Opportunity |
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AngieakaLove: RT @RaevenWestern: POW! RT @MissODemi: Preparation + Opportunity = Success |
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5sahandful: Campus Visits - Double Dipping Required! - Probably not my best idea, but I hate to waste an Opportunity to... http://tumblr.com/xyl4erzl9 |
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Hlth_Literacy: #Pregnancy as a Window of Opportunity for HIV Prevention: Effects of #HIV Intervention Delivered w/ #Prenatal Care http://ow.ly/HXqY |
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