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Mar 31, 2020

Peter Van Buren - Making Sense of the Corona Virus News - As the world responds to the COVID-19 outbreak, we feature folks who know this business. Our guest is Peter Van Buren who worked with the Dept of State for 24 years. In 2004, Peter was part of the US's response in Thailand following the tsunami that killed thousands of people. In this episode, he lends his experience to explain how government response--and helps us to understand what actions are worthy of critique.

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Pete A Turner and Peter go back over 10 years to their days in Baghdad Iraq. During that time they both saw the wasteful actions of the Govt--which creates an interesting lens through which they see the world. 

   Haiku
Corona virus
State level aid in crisis
What really matters

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​​Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev

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