Peter Van Buren
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Peter Van Buren, a retired 24-year veteran of
the U.S. State Department, writes about Iraq, the Middle East, and U.S. diplomacy at
his blog: wemeantwell.com. He is the author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of
the Iraqi People and is currently
working on a new book, The People on the Bus: A Story of the #99Percent.
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