matthew ho has been a senior fellow with the center for international policy since 201-2009. matthew resigned in protest from his post in afghanistan with the state department over the american escalation of the war there. prior to his assignment in pakistan, matthew took part in the american occupation of iraq 1st in 2004 and 5. and so heading province with the state department with, with a reconstruction team there. and again in 2006 and 7 in on bar province as a marine corps company commander. when not deployed, matthew worked on afghanistan and iraq, more policy in operations issues at the pentagon, and the state department from 2002 to 2008. matthews. writings have appeared in such periodicals as the atlanta journal constitution, cnn, the guardian, huffington post, the usa today, even the wall street journal and the washington post. he's been a guest on hundreds of news programs on television and radio. the prestigious council on foreign relations has sighted matthews resignation letter from his post in afghanistan as a central document. in 2010, matthew was named the wri