Great time on panel with former USAID mission director in Iraq (also with Bosnia experience). Very reinforcing to find so much agreement on both diagnosis and solutions--right up to the need for a DoEE.

Great observation from DAI contractor with huge experience in southern Iraq: first wave of civil affairs officers were highly technical, second wave reservists (very grounded in real world stuff), but 3rd and subsequent cohorts typically were out-of-the-box newbies, sporting five weeks of training and little else.

Low density/high demand (LD/HD) personified.