- Walter Pincus
- Fine Print
Walter Pincus reports on intelligence, defense and foreign policy for The Washingon Post. He first came to the paper in 1966 and has covered numerous subjects, including nuclear weapons and arms control, politics and congressional investigations. He was among Post reporters awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. Among many other honors were the 1977 George Polk Award for articles exposing the neutron warhead, a 1981 Emmy from writing a CBS documenntary on strategic nuclear weapons, and most recently the 2010 Arthur Ross Award from the American Academy for Diplomacy for columns on foreign policy.
White House weighs further nuclear arms cuts
The Obama administration is contemplating further cuts to the nation’s nuclear arsenal, but any decisions are unlikely until Russia and the United States can resume nonproliferation negotiations.
U.S. shippers watch for progress in Panama and ports
A project to deepen and widen the Panama Canal aims to help U.S. businesses meet a new foreign challenge.
Federal budget 2013: Spy agencies would get 4.4 percent less
The 4.4 percent reduction in the request for spy agencies is roughly half the cut being imposed on the Pentagon.
Federal budget 2013: Defense Department would get 1 percent less
Some savings would come from reducing Army and Marine personnel and ending or limiting purchases of expensive new equipment.
- At the Pentagon and in Israel, plans show the difficulties of an Iran strike
- The Pentagon’s new view of warfare
- Will Romney’s promises match national security realities?
- Questions for the intelligence community
- Advice to presidential hopefuls: Details matter
- An American is caught in Iran’s spy game
- Weapons testers fault key Pentagon systems
- Romney needs to be careful about his ‘facts’ about the Afghanistan war
The Post MostMost-viewed stories, videos, and galleries in the past two hours
How racy, vulgar texts hurt Justice Department sting operation
Q&A Transcript
Del Wilber answered questions on how text messages might bring down the largest sting operation targeting foreign bribery.
