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About the Authors
Pamela Constable
Pamela Constable, staff writer at the Washington Post, has reported frequently from Afghanistan since 1998. She was Kabul bureau chief from 2002 to 2004. Her books include Fragments of Grace: My Search For Meaning in the Strife of South Asia (2004).
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Arturo Valenzuela
Arturo Valenzuela is professor of government and director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University. During the Clinton administration, he was deputy assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs and later senior director for inter-American affairs at the U.S. National Security Council.