Senator Dodd talked about the five year rule and said the Director didn&#39;t have to comment but that &#34;I am a strong supporter of the five-year rule.  Obviously we have made exemptions to it.  Loret Ruppe Miller is one example when she served eight years as Director of the Peace Corps and did an incredible job.&#34; <BR> <BR>&#34;I am not rigid about the rule but I always like the presumption to be in favor of the rule and you really have to make a strong case to overcome that presumption.&#34; <BR> <BR>&#34;There is a concern that has been raised, that if you begin to expand this &#91;exemptions to the five-year rule&#93;, you can end up with an entrenched bureaucracy in the agency.&#34; <BR> <BR>&#34;The vitality of the Peace Corps is due in no small measure ...to the fact that there has been this turnover every five years that gives the Peace Corps a lot of its youthfulness as an organization.&#34; <BR> <BR>Senator Dodd then asked Director Vasquez if he had made an assessment of what the cost would be if the Peace Corps had to comply with the requirements in the proposed legislation.