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- ↑ Expanding Opportunity | The White House
- ↑ Businessweek - Business News, Stock market & Financial Advice
- ↑ Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship: E-Mentor Corps
- ↑ E-Mentor Corps
- ↑ Ernst & Young Signs up with Hillary as E-Mentor
- ↑ African Technology Development Forum - US State Department promotes E-mentoring
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Department of State document: "Fact Sheet E-Mentor Corps".
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