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...Senor, who graduated from Harvard Business School (HBS) in 2001, was part of the Coalition Provisional Authority’s first civilian convoy, charged with launching the reconstruction effort in Iraq. He calls his arrival “a bizarre experience...
...Driving 15 hours in SUVs from Kuwait to Baghdad, the convoy entered the city with no clear destination. They drove around, looking for a building suitable for their headquarters. The convoy eventually picked the Republican Palace—formerly Saddam’s primary seat of power—and took over the facility. Senor says the first days in the palace were challenging...
...anyone embodies the successes and failures of the Iraq war, it is the 39-year-old O’Sullivan. In 2003, she was on the first civilian convoy into Baghdad with Gen. Jay M. Garner, the first director of reconstruction. She eventually became a key official for the Coalition Provisional Authority, advising its chief, L. Paul Bremer III, and Ryan C. Crocker, the current U.S. ambassador to Iraq, on political issues...
...heard about from diplomats and refugees and defectors started to become real. In the late afternoon gloom, we passed row after row of apartment buildings and office buildings, almost all unlit. People either trudged along the side of the road or rode bikes, many stopping to stare at our convoy. And every mile or so, there stood in the middle of the road a female traffic cop in an aqua blue uniform and a fur-lined hat, holding herself ramrod straight and wielding a baton to point the way to drivers. She had one of the world's easier jobs...
...diplomats and refugees and defectors about, started to become real. In the late-afternoon gloom, we passed apartment buildings and office buildings, row after row, that were unlit. Outside town, people either trudged along the side of the road or rode bikes - many stopping to stare at our convoy. And every kilometer or so, there stood in the middle of the road a female traffic cop. Each wore an aqua-blue uniform and a fur-lined hat, stood ramrod straight and wielded a baton to point the way to drivers; all of them seemed tall, young and attractive - "a James...