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Bob Woodward: Profile

Named one of the best investigative reporters in America by the New York Times, Bob Woodward is the assistant managing editor for Investigative News for the Washington Post. Woodward was teamed with Carl Bernstein at the Post to investigate the burglary at the Watergate office building. The newspaper was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for their reporting of the Watergate scandal in the Nixon administration.

Woodward is the only contemporary American writer to author or co-author seven number one best-selling non-fiction books. These books include: All the President's Men and The Final Days, both co-authored by Bernstein; and The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court, co-authored by former staff writer Scott Armstrong. Other books include Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi, a book about comedian John Belushi and drugs in Hollywood; Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA; The Commanders; The Man Who Would Be President: Dan Quayle; and The Agenda: Inside The Clinton White House. In 1996, Woodward gave us one of the first inside accounts of the presidential campaigns of President Clinton and Senator Bob Dole in The Choice.

Bush at War, Woodward's eleventh and most recent book, focuses on the three months following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, during which the U.S. prepared for war in Afghanistan, took steps toward a preemptive strike against Iraq, intensified homeland defense, and began a well-funded C.I.A. covert war against terrorism around the world. The narrative is classic Woodward: using his inside access to the major players, he offers a nearly day-by-day account of the decision-making processes and power battles behind the headlines.

In a presentation based on Bush at War and the interviews he conducted with hundreds of sources for the book, Woodward offers audiences an unparalleled look at the behind-the-scenes debate, decisions and potential consequences of U.S. policies in the war on terror.

Woodward joined the Washington Post in 1971 from the Montgomery County, Maryland, Sentinel, where he had been a reporter. In 1979, Woodward became assistant managing editor of Metropolitan News before assuming his current position in 1982. Previously, he served as a communications officer in the U.S. Navy.

A native of Wheaten, Illinois, Woodward received his bachelor's degree in English and History from Yale University in 1965.

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