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Peter Van Buren

A 24-year veteran of the U.S. State Department who served in Iraq. He wrote a book critical of U.S. policy there called We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People. He faced dismissal after criticizing the reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

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