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Kate Bateman
Kate Bateman is a senior expert on Afghanistan at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Previously, she was a supervisory analyst at the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction and served in intelligence and policy positions at the U.S. Department of State.