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    Pete Peterson

    American politician and diplomat (born 1935)

    For other people named Pete Peterson, see Pete Peterson (disambiguation).

    Douglas Brian "Pete" Peterson (born June 26, 1935) is an American politician and diplomat.

    He served as a United States Air Force pilot during the Vietnam War and spent over six years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese army after his plane was shot down. He served three terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 1996 and returned to Hanoi when he became the first United States Ambassador to Vietnam in 1997.

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    He was an ambassador until July 2001, after which he devoted himself to philanthropic work.

    Early life and education

    Peterson grew up in Milton, Iowa, and attended college at the University of Tampa. He joined the United States Air Force and served in the Vietnam War, where his F-4 Phantom II fighter was shot down on September 10, 1966.

    He spent six years in prison, a period he described as "hours and hours o