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Anthony E. Deane
Colonel Anthony E. Deane (US Army, Retired) commanded Task Force Conqueror in the Battle of Ramadi and was instrumental in fostering the start of the Anbar Awakening. He spent his last two years in the Army as the senior trainer for Counterinsurgency. He is the author of “Ramadi Declassified: A Roadmap to Peace in the Most Dangerous City in Iraq.”
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