- Scott Wilson
- Staff Writer
Scott Wilson is a White House correspondent for the Washington Post. Previously, he was the paper’s Foreign Editor after serving as a correspondent in Latin America and the Middle East. He was awarded an Overseas Press Club citation and an Interamerican Press Association award for his work abroad, and a citation from the White House Correspondents Association for his coverage of the Obama administration . He joined the Post in 1997.
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- Obama administration targets anti-gay discrimination abroad
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- Obama to change Head Start funding, slams GOP on spending cuts to education
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- Obama’s task: maintaining support for Afghan war
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- Obama to announce Afghan plans Wednesday
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- Obama to campaign on record of progress
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- Congressional leaders push Obama administration for more aggressive Libya response
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- U.S. struggles with little leverage to restrain Libyan government
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- Mubarak defiance puts U.S. on the defensive
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- Chinese President Hu Jintao calls for deeper engagement with U.S., assures business leaders
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