I write about U.S. national security, with a particular focus on U.S. military affairs and counterterrorism issues overseas. I have written extensively on security matters in the Middle East, South Asia, Africa and Europe.
I have been a reporter at The New York Times for 40 years — starting as a news assistant and working my way up to cover the U.S. military, counterterrorism and other national security issues for more than three decades. I have covered every conflict involving the U.S. military since the 1991 Persian Gulf war, and reported extensively from Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and the Middle East. I have shared four Pulitzer Prizes. I got my start reporting on local education at the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Wash.
I am the co-author of “Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda.” I earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Williams College, studied in Madrid for a year and was a journalism fellow at Stanford University. I was born in Minneapolis and reared in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Keeping my sources protected is a top priority for me, especially during sensitive or high-risk stories. I strive to be accurate and fair in my coverage, no matter what the subject. And, like all Times journalists, I follow the standards in our Ethical Journalism Handbook.
I don’t back away from difficult stories, and will give subjects a chance to comment and express their side of a story.
I do not participate in politics, nor do I make political donations. I am always careful to identify myself as a reporter for The Times in news-related conversations.
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A Times analysis of video from the Israeli military shows that at least eight planes it said were used in the attack on Hassan Nasrallah were armed with bunker-buster bombs.
By Aric Toler and Riley Mellen
The United States has 2,500 troops in Iraq who served as a bulwark against attacks by a resurgent Islamic State.
By Alissa J. Rubin, Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
The United States and its allies are once again considering expanding the capabilities they provide to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion.
By Eve Sampson and Lara Jakes
The United Arab Emirates is expanding a covert campaign to back a winner in Sudan’s civil war. Waving the banner of the Red Crescent, it is also smuggling weapons and deploying drones.
By Declan Walsh and Christoph Koettl
An extremist group that claims allegiance to Al Qaeda said it was responsible for assaults on a military police school and an air base in the West African country of Mali.
By Elian Peltier and Ruth Maclean
The United States and its allies are once again considering expanding the capabilities they provide to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion.
By Eve Sampson and Lara Jakes
The U.S. military said those killed in a joint assault by U.S. and Iraqi forces last month included the group’s top commander in Iraq and its leading bomb maker.
By Eric Schmitt
Here is what to know about Israel’s deadly raid on a Hezbollah weapons production facility in Syria.
By Eve Sampson
The topic will be on the agenda Friday as Britain’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer, visits the White House.
By David E. Sanger, Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
The missile production facility was destroyed in the attack, according to Western officials. Syrian state media reported that 18 people were killed in the strike.
By Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, Julian E. Barnes and Ronen Bergman
