- 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 documentary on strategic nuclear weapons, and most recently the 2010 Arthur Ross Award from the American Academy for Diplomacy for columns on foreign policy.
- Treaty on the seas is in rough Senate waters
- Nuclear weapons just don’t make sense
- Retired Gen. James Cartwright offers a fresh view on defense
- $642.5 billion defense bill is approved by House
- House puts squeeze on military’s ‘musical arsenal’
- Is U.S. going above and beyond for Israel?
- GOP won’t let Obama’s ‘hot mike’ cool
- Defense spending plan puts Rep. Buck McKeon, Leon Panetta at odds
- Clinton engaging on the world stage
- Republicans seek to add more in defense spending
- U.S., China have been in tough spot before
- Defense procurement problems won’t go away
- Sorting through the defense distortions
- U.S. deploys stealth jets to air base in Southwest Asia
- House skirmish over defense spending begins
- Washington double-talk on nukes
- Cutting costs could do a lot for Defense
- Fine Print: A disconnect in evaluating the nuclear weapons labs
- Report offers a window into the lives of wounded warriors
- Shipbuilding seminar on the Hill
- Hearings show our dependence on military space technology
- Panetta: Political dysfunction threatens security
- At Strategic Command hearing, Republicans go after Obama’s open-mike remark
- Oil and water: Budget cuts and election years
- Cost overruns, delays mar F-35 production
- Red Star’s Bagram contract extended again
- How bad would Iran be with the bomb?
- Military, heal thyself — health programs still a challenge
- Ignoring sequestration won’t make it vanish
- Key commanders have their say on Afghanistan
- Should Defense begin cutting from the top?
- Northern route agreements allowing more supplies to enter, leave Afghanistan, official says
- Defense budget hearings: Lots to learn for those who pay attention
- Nuclear weapons modernization: not fast enough for Kyl
- Capitol Hill hearings show rough times ahead for White House over its proposed defense cuts
- Levin: Partisan ‘vitriol’ risks stifling honest debate
- Congress must think 10 years down the line when it comes to nuclear carriers
- White House weighs nuclear arms cuts, but will wait for more talks with Russia
- Panama project should boost U.S. shipping’s fortunes
- Federal budget 2013: Intelligence agencies would get 4.4 percent less
- Federal budget 2013: Defense Department would get 1 percent less
- 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
- Measuring a president’s approach on foreign policy
- Marine Corps manual offers a blunt, revealing portrait of Afghan war
- Has Obama taken Bush’s ‘preemption’ strategy to another level?
- The myth of the two-war military strategy
- Brave new world of weaponry
- Defense Secretary Panetta faces tough choices on national security in 2012
- Challenging the Navy’s numbers
- F-35 production a troubling example of Pentagon spending
- A voice in the wilderness
- House and Senate agree on Pentagon cuts
- Is a U.S. military precedent being set in Africa?
- Pentagon program to limit the threat of roadside bombs faces budget cut
- A speed bump for Pentagon’s information ops
- We’re past due on handling the finances of war
- How much defense is enough in the Asia-Pacific region?
- U.S.military presence will continue in Iraq
- Senators call out Karzai on night raid demands
- Pentagon seeks flexibility in case of ‘doomsday’
- State Department could buy local food for its workers in Iraq
- Thinking outside the Cold War nuclear box
- GOP candidates embrace covert action in Iran
- A glimpse of the military’s vision for the future
- In Iraq, U.S. turns to more private contractors
- Gauging the military’s facts behind a ‘daily impact’ assessment
- Proposed restrictions on aid to Egypt come at ‘worst possible moment,’ U.S. official says
- Budget cuts will mean troop cuts, chiefs say
- Military chiefs warn against cuts
- An all-volunteer military poses challenges for U.S.
- Pentagon shifts away from disputed fuel contracts
- U.S. keeps major lead over Russia in nuclear weapons
- Another look at Clapper’s efforts
- After Iraq pullout, U.S. serves a reminder to Iran
- United States needs to reevaluate its assistance to Israel
- Clapper: ‘Double-digit’ cuts coming for intel budget
- U.S. puts Iraq withdrawal plans under wraps to discourage attacks
- So what’s the goal of our being in Iraq again?
- On Pentagon budget matters, telling it like it is
- Defense Department looks to crowd-source new drone innovations
- State Department fiscal 2012 spending bill warrants a closer look
- State Dept. reeling from budget cuts
- 800 additional U.S. military trainers to be sent to Afghanistan by March
- McCain takes Defense spending fight to new level
- Gates starts to say what he really thinks
- Defense Department needs to change spending culture
- Senate panel would freeze fiscal 2012 defense spending
- Defense spending must have credit limits
- House passes intelligence authorization bill for fiscal 2012
- House, Senate panels agree to remove two provisions from intelligence bill
- Panetta: bin Laden expected warning
- Cheney’s recall is selective with ‘In My Time’
- Panetta and the question of military retirement
- What’s the right price tag for Pakistani minds and hearts?
- Military bulks up to protect against groin injuries
- Army defends body armor after report
- When a ‘luxury tax’ paid the way for war
- State Dept. overseeing some intel in Iraq
- A war tax? It’s still not a bad idea
- Coburn’s cuts: Taking on Medicare and Medicaid
- Counterterrorism on a budget
- Sen. Tom Coburn’s cuts: Tackling Social Security
- Report says violence may fill vacuum after U.S. troops leave Iraq
- Coburn’s cuts target special tax benefits
- U.S. plans to provide Iraq with wiretapping system
- Sen. Coburn’s cuts: Another whack at defense
- Thousands of soldiers in Army awaiting word on possible discharge, Chiarelli says
- Odierno: Recent war lessons will aid future
- Tom Coburn’s cuts: Military’s Tricare Prime health care program targeted
- Coburn’s cuts: Congress should ‘lead by example’
- Security for entering U.S. is layer after layer
- High-tech system to track U.S. staff on risky tours
- With U.S. troops leaving Iraq, State Dept. bulks up
- New study shows how terrorist activities are evolving
- House votes to cut spending for military bands
- House cuts funding on military bands for first time
- Will the House drum up support to cut spending on military bands?
- Military bands may feel the pinch in budget battles
- Senators question military spending on Afghanistan infrastructure
- Reporter’s ordeal continues in convoluted CIA case
- Pentagon costs rising fast, CBO warns
- Leaving Afghanistan soon? Not exactly
- Which Petraeus will arrive at the CIA: The officer or the gentleman?
- Intelligence spending, still buried deep in budget
- Petraeus calls CIA a ‘bargain’ at confirmation hearing
- White House balks at House panel’s Tricare measure
- General: Time running out for Iraq to ask U.S. forces to stay
- Lawmakers slash budget for Defense Department’s information ops
- House earmarks morph into ‘programmatic requests’
- Bill cuts billions from 2012 Defense budget
- House panel whacks funding for nuclear complex
- Pakistan still getting its U.S. war gear
- X-ray radiation leaks discovered at U.S.-built clinics in Iraq
- Congress does good and bad on Libya legislation
- State Department report on U.S. withdrawal from Iraq cites lack of money, other problems
- On House armed services panel, earmarks are in the eye of the beholder
- House passes $690 billion defense bill
- Army to test new electronic capabilities for better network integration
- Personalities over structure in the intelligence community?
- Senate panel questions Pentagon on F-35 costs
- Life span of U.S. nuclear weapons will increase under plan
- Rep. Rogers is making his mark on House intelligence panel
- Last-minute agreement boosts chances for passage of Intelligence Authorization Bill
- House panel approves limits on complying with arms pact with Russia
- In Afghanistan, U.S. contracts aren’t crystal balls, but they come close
- Lawmakers moving to block defense cuts
- Finding an alternative path for Afghanistan
- For Petraeus, first impressions at CIA will be critical
- U.S. audit finds ‘lax’ record-keeping for Afghan police
- For U.S., managing foreign media is a no-win proposition
- Are drones a technological tipping point in warfare?
- Pentagon program has U.S. civilians advising Afghan ministries to improve cooperation, security
- With Libya a stalemate, removing Gaddafi the fastest way to end the fighting
- Senate panel proposes that leakers of classified information lose pensions
- Gates: It’s a matter of time before Gaddafi’s gone
- Only a few of Libya opposition’s military leaders have been identified publicly
- Donald Rumsfeld remains on defense at panel discussion of Bush years
- Pentagon puts Libya operation’s price tag at about $550 million
- New and old information operations in Afghanistan: What works?
- Pentagon orders work to stop on F-35 alternate engine
- U.S. spending on military operations in Libya drains Pentagon
- Keeping an eye on Afghanistan and military personnel’s fitness
- How much can we justify spending on nuclear weapons?
- Pentagon cancer research budget comes under scrutiny
- A successor to Gates is a quandary for Obama
- Rumsfeld vs. Rice: What’s the role of a national security adviser?
- Armed forces should heed common course as they chase unmanned aerial vehicles
- What it took to get the defense spending bill passed
- Agency extends Afghan food-supply contract for firm that hired former director
- Boeing wins $35 billion contract to supply new aerial refueling tankers
- State Department cables detail U.S. links to Bahrain
- Marines' amphibious vehicle program could end under House budget plan
- Marines' amphibious vehicle program could end under House budget plan
- Gates pleads for 'critically urgent' funds for State Department's work in Iraq
- Gates pleads for 'critically urgent' funds for State Department's work in Iraq
- Gates defends health-care fee increase for retirees
- Gates defends health-care fee increase for retirees
- Grilling gets heated in House committee hearing on Egypt and Middle East
- Defense officials warn of crisis unless Congress approves 2011 funding bill
- Defense officials warn of crisis unless Congress approves 2011 funding bill
- 2009 cable tells of Mubarak resisting U.S. calls for reform
- Taliban's spring offensive likely to target Afghan leaders cooperating with government
- 2009 cable tells of Mubarak resisting U.S. calls for reform
- Top diplomat defends size, cost of State Dept. presence in Iraq
- Top diplomat defends size, cost of State Dept. presence in Iraq
- Russia's Ryabkov on U.S.-Russia relations: 'We can offer tangible results, and we will do more in the future'
- Iraqi security forces facing serious problems, U.S. oversight official says
- Iraqi security forces facing serious problems, U.S. oversight official reports
- Defense budget cuts come under fire from lawmakers
- Lawmakers grill Pentagon officials on defense spending cuts
- U.S. office urges halt in funds for Iraq security institute
- U.S. inspector general calls for halt in funding $26 million Iraqi academy