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Sarah Chayes
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former reporter for national public radio”. Today it says “former senior associate in the democracy and rule of law program at the carnegie endowment for international pe”.
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Sarah Chayes is a former senior associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , leaving in order to pursue a new writing project.1 A former award-winning reporter for National Public Radio , she also served as special advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former reporter for national public radio”. Today it says “former senior associate in the democracy and rule of law program at the carnegie endowment for international pe”. Read the current article and compare.
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former reporter for national public radio
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former senior associate in the democracy and rule of law program at the carnegie endowment for international pe
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