Bob Woodward - White House "Inside Man"

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward changed presidential history with his reporting on the Watergate scandal, and he has been chronicling the inner workings of the White House ever since.

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April 30, 1973

Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein, left, and Bob Woodward talk to Publisher Katharine Graham in the newsroom in April 1973. Woodward and Bernstein's reporting on the Watergate scandal would lead to President M. Nixon's resignation.

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April 30, 1973

From left, Graham, Bernstein, Woodward, Washington Post Managing Editor Howard Simons and Editor Ben Bradlee discuss Watergate coverage in the newsroom in 1973. The Post received the Pulitzer Prize that year for its reporting about the scandal.

May 7, 1973

Woodward and Bernstein are shown in The Post newsroom in May 1973. The identity of "Deep Throat," Woodward's Watergate source, was kept secret for more than 30 years.

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Aug. 9, 1974

Richard M. Nixon says goodbye outside the White House on Aug. 9, 1974, a day after resigning as the 37th president of the United States.

Bob Daugherty / Associated Press

December 1, 1974

Woodward and Bernstein are shown with Post reporter Scott Armstrong, center, in 1974 while working on "The Final Days." The book detailed the final 16 months of Nixon's presidency, showing him as a man in despair. Armstrong helped with research for the book.

Margaret Thomas / The Washngton Post

April 5, 1976

Woodward talks with Robert Redford after the premiere of "All the President's Men" at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Redford portrayed Woodward in the movie about the Watergate scandal.

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Feb. 4, 2000

Woodward speaks to reporters in 2000 before receiving the William Allen White Award at Kansas University in Lawrence, Kan. He has been the recipient of nearly every major American journalism award, including the Heywood Broun Award (1972), the Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Reporting (1972 and 1986), the Sigma Delta Chi Award (1973), the George Polk Award (1972), the William Allen White Medal (2000), and the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Reporting on the Presidency (2002).

Nikolas Cobiella Wilets / Associated Press

Dec. 6, 2001

Woodward and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.

Rebecca D'Angelo / The Washington Post

June 16, 2002

Woodward talks about his coverage of Watergate on NBC's "Meet the Press" in 2002. Since the scandal, he has gone on to write nine New York Times No. 1 bestsellers.

Alex Wong / AP

June 17, 2002

Woodward, Bernstein and Bradlee discuss Watergate at a National Press Club event in 2002.

Robert A. Reeder / The Washington Post

Woodward interviews President George W. Bush at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Tex. Woodward wrote "Bush at War," "Plan of Attack" and "State of Denial" about the Bush presidency and the war in Iraq.

Eric Draper / White House Photo Office

April 15, 2003

Woodward, shown during a visit to the White House in 2003, has had unprecedented access to presidents and high-level administration officials for decades.

Robert A. Reeder / The Washington Post

May 31, 2005

More than 30 years after the Watergate scandal broke, retired FBI agent W. Mark Felt told Vanity Fair that he was the famous "Deep Throat," Woodward's undercover Watergate source. The identity had been one of the best-kept secrets in Washington. Pictured, Woodward and Bradlee confer in the newsroom in May 2005 after the news broke.

Bill O'Leary / The Washington Post

May 31, 2005

Woodward and Bernstein, shown in Woodward's office at The Post, look over Bernstein's notes from the day Vanity Fair reported the identity of "Deep Throat."

Katherine Frey / The Washington Post

May 31, 2005

W. Mark Felt , aka "Deep Throat," and his daughter Joan Felt appear in front of their home in Santa Rosa, Calif., in May 2005 after the story broke. Mark Felt was an FBI agent who retired in 1973.

Ben Margot / Associated Press

Feb. 12, 2007

Woodward leaves U.S. Federal Court in Washington in February 2007 after testifying at the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Richard B. Cheney.

Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press

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