- 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.
- Dover mortuary officials punished for retaliating against whistleblowers
- Panetta curtails F-22 flights after pilot complaints of blackouts
- U.S. trains African soldiers for Somalia mission
- Mark Welsh nominated to lead Air Force
- Joseph Kony hunt is proving difficult for U.S. troops
- 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
- Afghan shooting suspect’s lawyer denies he had marital problems
- Pentagon: Afghan security breach was more serious than reported
- Soldier suspected in rampage is flown out of Afghanistan
- Military searches soldier’s records for clues in killings of Afghan civilians
- Amid anger over Afghan killings, U.S. faces growing public weariness about war
- Dover mortuary pressed to avoid dumping of 9/11 remains at landfill, official says
- Navy to place breath-test machines on all its ships
- Dover Air Base mortuary supervisor resigns
- Pentagon rushes to learn number of 9/11 remains sent to landfill
- Portions of 9/11 victims’ remains taken to landfill, report says
- Pentagon says ‘fundamental strategy’ in Afghanistan is sound
- Obama’s Asia strategy gives Navy key role, fewer ships
- Budget briefings offer a lesson in Pentagon-ese
- White House weighs nuclear arms cuts, but will wait for more talks with Russia
- Pentagon to ease restrictions on women in some combat roles
- U.S. likely to scale down plans for bases in Japan and Guam
- Panetta, Clinton seek to reassure Europe on security ties
- U.S., NATO seek to clarify Panetta comments on ending Afghan mission
- Panetta: U.S., NATO will seek to end Afghan combat mission next year
- Dover mortuary whistleblowers suffered retaliation, say investigators
- NATO allies grapple with shrinking defense budgets
- Navy wants commando ‘mothership’ in Middle East
- Pentagon budget set to shrink next year
- 2012 State of the Union analysis: Obama on defense issues
- Afghan pilot said he wanted to ‘kill Americans,’ probe of Kabul shootings finds
- Marines questioned in connection with video
- Four Marines questioned in video scandal
- U.S. acts quickly to tamp down Afghan video scandal
- Panetta: Apparent Marine desecration of Taliban corpses is ‘utterly deplorable’
- Video appears to show troops urinating on corpses
- U.S. rescues Iranians at sea — again
- U.S. rescues Iranian hostages, with good timing
- Obama announces new, leaner military approach
- Obama to unveil austere Pentagon strategy
- Pentagon trimming ranks of generals, admirals
- Leon Panetta, defense secretary, offers support to new Libya in historic visit
- U.S. drones allowed in Iraqi skies
- Iraq war draws to a quiet close
- Panetta, visiting Afghanistan, says, ‘We’re winning’
- Panetta, in Afghanistan, says ‘we’re winning’
- U.S. commander reports ‘progress’ in repairing ties with Pakistan
- Defense Secretary Panetta visits U.S. base in Djibouti, then travels to Afghanistan
- Gen. Martin Dempsey knows how to sing a tune
- Dumping of partial remains of war dead in Va. landfill spurs wider probe
- Panetta ‘comfortable’ with response to Dover
- Air Force dumped ashes of more troops’ remains in Va. landfill than acknowledged
- Missile component damaged in accident
- Congressional panel investigates Dover Air Force Base mortuary
- U.S. intensifies its proxy fight against al-Shabab in Somalia
- Abizaid to head inquiry into Dover mortuary scandal
- General: U.S. troops’ Uganda mission likely to last until rebel leader is caught
- Navy’s next stop in Asia will set China on edge
- Uganda mission is likely to go on until LRA’s Kony is dead or captured, U.S. general says
- Dover mortuary’s treatment of Marine’s remains shocks his parents
- Richard Carmona, picked to lead probe at Dover, quits to run for Senate days after selection
- Dover mortuary landfill dumping: Congressman asked Pentagon about practice in Sept.
- Panetta orders review of discipline in Dover mortuary probe
- Top Air Force official keeping a low profile after reports on mishandling of remains
- Remains of war dead dumped in landfill
- Air Force mishandled remains of war dead, inquiry finds
- Back in Monterey, Panetta’s institute honors a Washington crowd
- Some in Congress balk at arms sale to Turkey
- Former deficit hawk Leon Panetta now fights budget cuts as defense secretary
- Pentagon agrees to sell three attack helicopters to Turkey
- U.S. drone base in Ethiopia is operational
- U.S. airstrike that killed American teen in Yemen raises legal, ethical questions
- Small U.S. force to deploy to Uganda, aid fight against Lord’s Resistance Army
- For Iran and Saudi Arabia, simmering feud is rooted in history
- Panetta sketches out strategy on budget cuts
- Panetta: loose lips on CIA’s not-so-secret secret
- NATO puts off decision on ending Libya operations
- In a switch for U.S., Panetta praises NATO
- Panetta gently prods Egypt on democracy, accused spy
- American-Israeli law student, accused as spy, still behind bars in Egypt following appeal by Panetta
- Panetta: U.S. seeking release of Israeli-American Ilan Grapel
- U.S. seeks release of accused Israeli spy
- Panetta describes Israel as ‘increasingly isolated’
- As drones proliferate, Navy avoids the rush
- In tropical paradise, U.S. drones meant revenue
- U.S. assembling secret drone bases in Africa, Arabian Peninsula, officials say
- Turkey agrees to host U.S. radar site, a key piece of Europe missile shield
- Al-Qaeda’s affiliates in Africa, working side by side
- Al-Qaeda could lose ‘operational capabilities’ within 2 years, U.S. official says
- U.S. considering Ankara’s request to base Predators in Turkey to fight a Kurdish group in northern Iraq
- Former Saudi spy chief: U.S. should have declared end to Afghan war after killing of bin Laden
- Pentagon raises security levels at all military installations on eve of 9/11 anniversary
- Documents show Pentagon’s communications shop girding for battle over military spending
- Libyan rebels renew hopes of Arab Spring
- Panetta: Iraqis want some U.S. troops to stay
- Marine Brig. Gen. L.E. Reynolds is Parris Island’s first female commander
- U.S. forces kill Taliban fighters who downed helicopter
- Pentagon to release names of troops killed in helicopter crash
- Strike kills insurgents who downed helicopter in Afghanistan, top commander says
- Obama pays his respects to slain troops at Dover Air Force Base
- Remains of 30 troops returned to U.S.
- Helicopter investigation focuses on Afghan rescue effort
- Dover ritual of honoring fallen troops returning home is closed to news coverage
- Pentagon bans media coverage of ceremony to return remains of soldiers killed in helo crash
- Military certifies repeal of ‘don’t ask’ policy
- Pentagon ready to allow gays to serve openly
- Military leaders to certify end of ‘don't ask, don't tell’ Friday
- Pentagon braces for much deeper military spending cuts as part of debt deal
- Al-Qaeda fugitive in Yemen gets away again
- Panetta appears to link al-Qaeda presence with Iraq invasion
- Panetta: Doing every ‘damn’ thing he can
- Panetta makes first trip to Iraq as defense secretary
- Panetta: U.S. ‘within reach’ of defeating al-Qaeda
- China rebuffed U.S. request to open route for Afghanistan war supplies, cables show
- U.S. turns to other routes to supply Afghan war as relations with Pakistan fray
- Adm. McRaven: Obama administration has no plan for captured terrorists
- Lt. Gen. John Allen falls in line on Afghanistan
- Allen could be headed to Afghanistan ahead of schedule
- Navy has spike in commanding-officer firings
- A Navy commander gets a second chance
- Adm. Jonathan Greenert gets Robert Gates’s nod as next chief of U.S. Navy
- Gates recommends new leader for the Navy
- Low-key Marine, Gen. John R. Allen, to take over Afghan war at high-stakes time
- North Korean ship turned back by U.S. Navy
- Panetta faces no major hurdles to confirmation as Pentagon chief
- Karzai orders NATO to stop airstrikes on Afghan homes
- Obama nominates Army general Dempsey to lead Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Gen. Cartwright, poised to lead Joint Chiefs, had his shot derailed by critics
- Gates warns that freezing defense spending could harm military for decades
- Chinese generals’ tour of American military outposts a beacon of thawing tension
- U.S. questions bin Laden wives
- Navy revokes guidance on same-sex marriages
- Bin Laden’s likely successor is a divisive figure
- Adm. William McRaven: The terrorist hunter on whose shoulders Osama bin Laden raid rested
- Osama bin Laden killed in U.S. raid, buried at sea
- Al-Qaeda affiliates poised to produce new leaders
- U.S. cautious on releasing proof of bin Laden’s death
- Pentagon reports ‘tangible progress’ in Afghanistan
- Defense Department’s Vickers is a national security star — again
- Gorgon Stare surveillance system gazes over Afghan war zone
- From CIA to Defense, Leon Panetta is a quintessential Washington player
- U.S. secretly backed Syrian opposition groups, cables released by WikiLeaks show
- No discharge for Navy petty officer found asleep in bed with another male sailor
- Regime targeted Yemen general, cable says
- U.S. was told of Yemen leader’s vulnerability
- Probe: No ‘causal relation’ between Army commander, Afghan killings
- Rockets, mortars fall on Israel as officials launch airstrike, mull more action
- Gates reassures Egypt over war in neighboring Libya
- Russia, U.S. warm up on missile defense
- U.S. and European officials say initial assault on Gaddafi’s forces ‘very effective’; Libyan leader pledges ‘long, drawn-out war’
- Der Spiegel publishes photos of U.S. soldiers posing with dead Afghan civilian
- Obama, Gates to leave Washington for official visits as Libya crisis deepens
- White House appears reluctant to take hard line with Arab monarchies
- Gaddafi’s forces likely to push rebels back to Benghazi, analysts say
- U.S. military, aid groups prepare to assist after Japan earthquake
- Top intelligence official says Gaddafi likely to prevail; U.S., Europe weigh responses
- Navy seeks to discharge sailor found asleep in bed with male sailor comrade
- Pentagon hesitant on no-fly zone over Libya
- U.S. defense leaders warn of risks in enforcing no-fly zone
- U.S. troop rollbacks may not stave off calls for more Pengaton cuts
- Pentagon to cut spending by $78 billion, reduce troop strength
- Md. soldier faces court-martial for death of Afghan civilian
- Md. soldier faces court-martial for death of Afghan civilian
- Gaddafi is ecccentric but the firm master of his regime, Wikileaks cables say
- Gaddafi is eccentric but the firm master of his regime, WikiLeaks cables say
- Military moves quickly to bring elections to Egypt
- Egypt's generals try to quell strikes; talks with protest organizers begin
- Egypt's generals impose martial law
- Egypt's army demands end to strikes; opposition vows to push for change
- Egyptian military dissolves parliament and suspends constitution, but says it will only keep power until elections can be held
- Egypt's military to keep Mubarak government for now; protesters still in Tahrir
- Mubarak steps down, prompting jubilation in Cairo streets
- Mubarak steps down, prompting jubilation in Cairo streets
- Mubarak spurns opposition demands to leave office immediately
- Egypt's Mubarak cedes some authority but refuses to resign
- Huge demonstrations across Egypt; crowds reject Mubarak's stance
- Protests, strikes and media shift intensify pressure on Mubarak government
- Reports: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak may transfer power
- Free, fair elections still distant prospect for Egypt
- Cairo demonstrations hit standstill as Mubarak offers more concessions
- Protesters surge into Tahrir Square as Google executive energizes movement
- Egyptian opposition softens demand for Mubarak's immediate exit
- Where Egypt military's loyalties lie remains unclear
- Where Egypt military's loyalties lie remains unclear
- U.S. reexamining its relationship with Muslim Brotherhood opposition group
- U.S. reexamining its relationship with Muslim Brotherhood opposition group
- Gates says Pentagon faces spending 'crisis' over congressional inaction
- Gates says Pentagon faces spending 'crisis,' blames Congress for potential cuts
- Soldier signs plea dealin Army war-crimes case
- Soldier in Army war-crimes case signs plea deal in killings of Afghan civilians
- IED casualties in Afghanistan spike
- Number of U.S. casualties from roadside bombs in Afghanistan skyrocketed from 2009 to 2010
- With Air Force’s new drone, ‘we can see everything’
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