Pete McDougal is one of a handful of up-timers stationed in the sacked and destroyed city of Magdeburg which Gustavus is rebuilding as his continental capital. Along with Jere Haygood he makes his appearance in the series in David Webers tale "In the Navy". McDougal, a former UMWA official and friend of Mike Stearns, is acting as Mike's direct representative in the capital, an ombudsman and facilitator heading up the New United States embassy and co-ordinating the Americans assistance to Gustavus' people. Ex-CEO John Chandler Simpson clashes with McDougal over security issues, in particularly the lack of military bearing and discipline as evinced in the casual way another American, Matt Lowry, is standing guard over the New United States embassy.
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