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Civil Servant Dons Body Armor

American Diplomat by Pete Romero and Laura Bennett

Aug 20, 202638:05Government & Organizations

In the second of our short series on Afghanistan five years after the US exit, Ken Handelman, former senior civil servant in the Department of Defense, reflects on the beauty, the weirdness and the tragedy of our 20 year...

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