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Peter Van Buren: “I am still haunted by the Iraqis we left behind”
As a State Department Foreign Service Officer in Baghdad from 2009 to 2010, Peter Van Buren consistently felt that his Provincial Reconstruction Teams could do little to lessen the sectarianism, corruption, and violence that Iraqis face every day. In an op-ed in the New York Times, Van Buren relates that whether sponsoring art shows or [...]

