- Craig Whitlock
- Reporter
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.
Officials at Dover are punished for striking back at whistleblowers
The Air Force hands down a fine and a suspension for two top officials at the base’s mortuary, which mishandled some remains of the nation’s war dead.
Panetta curtails F-22 flights after pilot blackouts
The defense secretary intervenes to limit F-22 missions in response to pilot complaints of blackouts in the cockpit.
U.S. trains African soldiers for Somali fight
In “Little Mogadishu,” Ugandan soldiers learn the basics of urban warfare as they patrol a mock city block designed to resemble the Somali capital.
Welsh nominated to lead Air Force
The White House has nominated Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and a former senior official at the CIA, to be the next Air Force chief of staff.
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- Pentagon condemns photos of U.S. troops posing with dead Afghan insurgents
- Panetta said he regretted cost to taxpayers for trips home to California
- U.S., Australia to broaden military ties amid Pentagon pivot to SE Asia
- Leader of Mali military coup trained in U.S.
- Army Sgt. Robert Bales charged with murdering 17 Afghans
- Army to charge Robert Bales with murder in killing of Afghan civilians
- Air Force to further discipline former supervisors in Dover mortuary controversy
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