Phillip Gunson

freelance journalist, based in Venezuela

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Freelance journalist based in Caracas, Venezuela. He writes for Newsweek, the Economist, and the Miami Herald

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One of the promises of the President Bush's New Way Forward in Iraq is deployment of "provincial reconstruction teams" to work with local leaders.

Bush's New Way Forward in Iraq; Chavez's Venezuela

One of the promises of the President Bush's New Way Forward in Iraq is deployment of "provincial reconstruction teams" to work with local leaders.

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