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Not to be confused with Brian Bender.

Bryan Bender (born 1972) is an American journalist and currently a senior national correspondent for POLITICO, where he is author of the Morning Defense newsletter and edits POLITICO Space. He previously covered the Pentagon for The Boston Globe and Jane’s Defence Weekly. He also writes about terrorism, the international arms trade, and government secrecy. He is author You Are Not Forgotten, the story of an Iraq War veteran’s search for a missing World War II fighter pilot in the jungles of New Guinea.

Bender has covered US military operations in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Latin America and his dispatches have covered a range of topics including the war in Afghanistan; veterans; military training; the anti-war movement; the Boston Marathon bombings; the nexus between climate change and national security; and newly declassified government files on Cuba, Vietnam, and the Kennedy Administration.

Personal background

Bender is a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He earned undergraduate degrees in Political Science and English Writing from the University of Pittsburgh.[1]

Professional background

Bender specializes in military affairs, foreign policy, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and government secrecy.

In 1998, Bender was named the Washington bureau chief for Jane's Defence Weekly, a London-based magazine.

In 2007, Bender was a finalist for the Scripps Howard Foundation's Washington Reporting Award for an investigation into an Army cheating scandal.[2][3]

In 2011, he was a finalist for the Gerald R. Loeb Award for Distinguished Business Reporting for a probe into the growing role of retired generals and admirals in defense companies and as private consultants.[4][5]

In 2011 he uploaded this article about himself; he was also elected president of Military Reporters and Editors Association, the professional association for journalists covering the US military.[6][7]

His work has also appeared in The New Republic, The New York Times,[8] Los Angeles Times,[9] Jane's Defence Weekly,[10] among other publications. He is also frequent television and radio commentator on national security and foreign policy topics.[11][12][13]

References

  1. ^ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Bryan/Bender [self-published source]
  2. ^ "Scripps Howard Foundation: What's New". Scripps.com. 2008-03-07. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  3. ^ "Army Knew of Cheating on Tests for Eight Years | Common Dreams". Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  4. ^ "2011 Finalist Bios | UCLA Anderson School of Management". Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  5. ^ Bender, Bryan (26 December 2010). "From the Pentagon to the private sector". Boston.com.
  6. ^ "New chair of Joint Chiefs addresses MRE confab | Medill National Security Zone". Archived from the original on 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  7. ^ http://militaryreporters.org/
  8. ^ Military urged to consider climate changes
  9. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. 10 June 2001.
  10. ^ "Interview: William Cohen, US Secretary of Defense, by Bryan Bender".
  11. ^ "PoliticsNation with al Sharpton on MSNBC". NBC News.
  12. ^ "Bryan Bender, Nat'l Defense Correspondent, Boston Globe | C-SPAN". Archived from the original on 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  13. ^ "U.S. Spends Billions on Iraq, Afghan Conflicts". NPR.org.
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