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This paper contends that the Clinton and George W Bush administrations experienced similar transformations in their respective policies toward UN peace operations and nation-building. The authors argue that although they began from nearly opposite perspectives, both came to similar conclusions about the value of peace operations, UN-led or otherwise, as tools for US foreign policy. According to them, initial positions, driven in part by ideological concerns, gave way to more pragmatism about how the US would support UN peace operations, reinforced by experiences with Congress and at the UN.