Bob Woodward
In 1971, Bob Woodward joined The Washington Post as a reporter, beginning what would become a long career at one of the country's most prominent newspapers.
Born on March 26, 1943, in Geneva, Woodward attended Wheaton Warrenville South High School before going on to study at Yale College and Ezra Stiles College, and later at George Washington University. After joining the Post in 1971, he worked as an investigative journalist and writer, eventually rising to hold the title of associate editor. The Washington Post no longer employs him.
Among his notable works is All the President's Men. Over the course of his career, Woodward received a substantial number of journalism awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. He also received the George Polk Award, the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, the Worth Bingham Prize, the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, and the Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism. That collection of honors spans several of the field's competitive recognitions.
Woodward is a United States citizen who has worked in English throughout his career as a journalist and writer. His time at The Washington Post — where he started as a reporter and reached the role of associate editor — accounts for a significant portion of his professional record, and All the President's Men remains a concrete marker of his work as an investigative journalist.
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But how many more deaths?” Trump asked. “How many more lost limbs? How much longer are we going to be there?
Mattis showed signs that he was tired of the disparaging of the military and intelligence capability. And of Trump’s unwillingness to comprehend their significance. “We’re doing this in order to prevent World War III,” Mattis said. He was calm but stark. It was a breathtaking statement, a challenge to the president, suggesting he was risking nuclear war. Time stopped for more than one in attendance.
Pence was staying out of the way. He didn’t want to be tweeted about or called an idiot.
He had expected political protection from his attorney general and was now left unprotected.
When Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un amped up the rhetoric, he was warned, “Twitter could get us into a war.
About 15 minutes before the Tomahawks would hit, a warning was sent to the Russians at the airfield. When the call was made, the Russian who picked up the phone at the airfield sounded intoxicated.
Finally, the president added, ‘The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...
Nixon’s grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.