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Ambassador Edward Peck is a retired career United States diplomat who served thirty-two-years in the U.S. Foreign Service. He served as Chief of Mission in Baghdad (Iraq 1977 to 1980) and later held senior posts in Washington and abroad. He also served as a Foreign Service Officer in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt, and as Ambassador in Mauritania. He served as deputy director of the White House Task Force on Terrorism in the Reagan Administration. He is president of Foreign Services International, a consulting firm that works with governments, businesses and educational institutions across the world.

Edward Peck argued against invading Iraq prior to the March 2003 invasion. He argued, in part, "when you take out Saddam Hussein, the key question you have to ask then is, what happens after that? And we don't have a clue. Nobody knows, but it's probably going to be bad. And a lot of people are going to be very upset about that, because that really is not written into our role in this world is to decide who rules Iraq."

Amb. Peck has been highly critical of U.S. policy toward Israel, arguing through the Council for the National Interest (CNI) in which he plays an active role, that the U.S. should be more even handed in its Middle East policy. He claims that in 2000, at the Camp David talks, Israel offered the Palestinians "12 little Bantustans." His speech was publicized in a documentary produced by an organization, If Americans Knew, a non-profit organization that focuses on the Arab-Israeli conflict and United States foreign policy regarding the Middle East.

Blog Entries by Amb. Edward Peck

Ending the Occupation of Palestine: The Verbal Obstacles

Posted January 7, 2008 | 16:41:21 (EST)

Searching for something that might be meaningful and potentially productive in the overall context of the title, I offer a recommendation: Think about the words we use.

For just a moment, consider the basic issues related to Palestine. Then think about how those issues are consistently buried in bland,...

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Support the Troops, Living and Dead

Posted August 16, 2005 | 14:33:39 (EST)

Without question, every American supports our servicemen and women. The most meaningful support is to insure that their lives are put at risk only when the nation faces a realistic, serious and imminent threat, a basic fact that those who urge us to blindly Support the Troops appear to have...

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