Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward
Robert Upshur "Bob" Woodwardis an American investigative journalist and non-fiction author. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter and is now an associate editor of the Post...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth26 March 1943
CityGeneva, IL
CountryUnited States of America
aggressive hand protection
the protection of a confidential source, and aggressive reporting, and they do go hand in hand.
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over the summer, or as we get closer to the election, they could increase production several million barrels a day and the price would drop significantly.
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I think it was a great experience for us to play some very good competition. That's why we go; hopefully this will make us better for the rest of the season.
committee decision
It is, in a sense, the story of his presidency. This is the decision he made, he made it all alone. There was no committee vote,
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Journalism is a contact sport, ... I was 29 when people who really knew how to shoot were around.
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He's ducking the question but he's also right. You don't know what the judgment of history is going to be 10, 20 or 50 years out. It may be very different than it is now.
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He's happy. He has his attorney writing a book due out later this year. It was an easy secret to keep. In essence, it helped me in my work.
exactly until
Hopefully, this isn't going to be 33 years until we find out exactly what happened,
He has nothing to say at this time.
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He has to operate under the rules that govern the rest of the staff -- even if he's rich and famous,
sooner
He made the point, which is right: I should tell him more. More is better. Sooner is better.
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Roger Ailes, former media guru for Bush's father, had a message. Rove told the president. It had to be confidential because Ailes, a flamboyant and irreverent media executive, was currently the head of Fox News Channel, the conservative-leaning television cable network that was enjoying high ratings. In that position, Ailes was not supposed to be giving political advice.
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Given Cheney's background on national security going back to the Ford years, his time on the House Intelligence Committee, and as secretary of defense, Bush said at the top of his list of things he wanted Cheney to do was intelligence. In the first months of the new administration, Cheney made the rounds of the intelligence agencies - the CIA, the National Security Agency, which intercepted communications, and the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency.
deal secret
I don't say there's a secret deal or any collaboration on this,