News from the Awakening (Part 5)

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<div class=”MsoNormal” style=”margin-right: 22.3pt; text-align: left; line-height: 110%;” mce_style=”margin-right: 22.3pt; text-align: left; line-height: 110%;” mce_tmp=”1″><span style=”font-size: 10pt;” mce_style=”font-size: 10pt;”><i><span style=”font-family: Georgia;” mce_style=”font-family: Georgia;”>Sterling Jensen worked as an Army contract linguist from the spring of 2006 to June 2007, during which time he was heavily involved in the U.S. government’s tribal engagements as the Anbar Awakening took shape. He returned to Anbar in February 2008 as the Marines’ first-ever civilian Foreign Area Officer, tasked with facilitating the First Marine Expeditionary Force’s relations with Awakening leadership, religious leaders, and foreign regime elements. Jensen is currently enrolled in a Master’s program at <st1:placename w:st=”on”>Johns</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st=”on”>Hopkins</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st=”on”>University</st1:placetype>’s <st1:place w:st=”on”><st1:placetype w:st=”on”>School</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st=”on”>Advanced International Studies</st1:placename></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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