Craig Whitlock covers the Pentagon and national security for The Post, where he has worked as a staff writer since 1998. He served as the paper’s Berlin bureau chief for nearly six years, covering terrorism networks in Europe, South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. He has reported from more than 40 countries. He has been awarded the German Marshall Fund’s Peter R. Weitz prize for excellence and originality in reporting in Europe and is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He previously worked as a reporter for the Raleigh News & Observer and is a graduate of Duke University.