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Peter van buren, a tomdispatch regular, blew the whistle on state department waste and mismanagement during iraqi reconstruction in his first book, we meant well. How i helped lose the battle for the hearts and minds of the iraqi people, new york metropolitan books henry holt and company, 2011 isbn. A tomdispatch regular, he writes about current events at his blog, we meant well. Department of state, including one year in iraq, and then deciding he couldnt and wouldnt be silent about. How i helped lose the battle for the hearts and minds of the iraqi people american empire project peter van buren on. The young martin van buren, it turns out, was a superb politician. Martin van buren, 17821862, 8th president of the united states 183741, b. Peter van buren has served with the foreign service for over 23 years.
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