Garner and his team face a daunting task which ranges from restoring power and water to establishing the rule of law in the war-shattered country.

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Recently, it has become fashionable to play down that progress by pointing out that many of the new democracies have not gone beyond elections to build the other, essential, protections for liberty: an independent judiciary, equality before a well-enforced rule of law, and constitutional limits on the abuse of political power.

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