Wikipedia's first sentence called it “administrator of the iraq coalition provisional authority”. Today it says “american columnist”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Dan Senor served as spokesman and senior advisor to United States Presidential Envoy Paul Bremer , when he was Administrator of the Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority . He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and worked previously for the Carlyle Group (2001-2003). Senor grew up in Toronto, Canada. His Canadian citizenship apparently had no negative impact on his his attaining a rather high level security clearance, let alone a position so close to the Bush administration. Dan Senor now works for Google as vice president of global communications and strategy. v t e1
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The opening as it stood in 2010 5 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
He is also a Fox News contributor and a frequent contributor to the The Wall Street Journal among other publications.He is co-author the book Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle , about the economy of Israel and globalization in the Middle East.Senor is most noted for his former position as chief spokesperson for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.
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The opening as it stood in 2015 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Daniel Samuel "Dan" Senor (/ˈsiːnər/; born November 6, 1971) is an American columnist, writer, and political adviser .He was chief spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and senior foreign policy adviser to U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the 2012 election campaign.A frequent commentator on Fox News and contributor to The Wall Street Journal , he is co-author of the book Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle (2009).He is married to television news personality Campbell Brown .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Daniel Samuel Senor ( / ˈ s iː n ər / ; born November 6, 1971) is an American-Canadian columnist, writer, and political adviser . He was chief spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and senior foreign policy adviser to U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the 2012 election campaign. A frequent news commentator and contributor to The Wall Street Journal , he is co-author of the book Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle (2009). He is married to television news personality Campbell Brown .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
American writer Daniel Samuel Senor ( / ˈ s iː n ər / ; born November 6, 1971) is an American-Canadian columnist, writer, and political adviser . He was chief spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and senior foreign policy adviser to U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the 2012 election campaign. A frequent news commentator and contributor to The Wall Street Journal , he is co-author of the book Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle (2009). He is married to television news personality Campbell Brown .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American writer Daniel Samuel Senor ( / ˈ s iː n ər / , Hebrew : דניאל סמואל סניור ; born November 6, 1971) is an American columnist, writer, and political adviser . He was chief spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and senior foreign policy adviser to U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the 2012 election campaign. A frequent news commentator and contributor to The Wall Street Journal , he is co-author of the book Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle (2009) and The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World (2023). He is married to television news personality Campbell Brown .
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administrator of the iraq coalition provisional authority
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american columnist
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