Thom Shanker

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About the Author

Thom Shanker, a Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times, routinely spends time embedded with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Shanker was formerly a foreign editor and correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, based in Moscow, Berlin, and Sarajevo. He is co-author of Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda.