Peter Wehner is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a contributing op-ed writer at the New York Times.
Wehner is a former blogger at Commentary magazine. From 2002-2007, he served as deputy assistant to President George W. Bush and director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives. He also served in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
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