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Elaine M. Grossman
Elaine M. Grossman is a contributing correspondent at National Journal. Grossman previously served as executive editor and senior correspondent for National Journal's Global Security Newswire. She is a veteran national security and foreign affairs reporter whose articles have won 14 national journalism awards over the past dozen years, including top honors from the National Press Club and Society of Professional Journalists for investigative, analytical, online and breaking-news reporting. In 2009, Atlantic Media recognized her "terrain mastery" with its highest editorial prize, the Chairman's Award. Grossman's articles have also appeared in several major newspapers and magazines, including The Boston Globe and The Miami Herald.
In 2003, Grossman served as an Iraq war correspondent for U.S. News & World Report during a six-week stint at ground-combat headquarters in Kuwait. She subsequently wrote about the opening days of the conflict as a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, winning a top National Press Club award for the article. Previously senior correspondent and chief editor at the independent investigative weekly Inside the Pentagon, Grossman holds a bachelor's degree from Washington University and a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University.
Elaine M. Grossman is a contributing correspondent at National Journal. Grossman previously served as executive editor and senior correspondent for National Journal's Global Security Newswire. She is a veteran national security and foreign affairs reporter whose articles have won 14 national journalism awards over the past dozen years, including top honors from the National Press Club and Society of Professional Journalists for investigative, analytical, online and breaking-news reporting. In 2009, Atlantic Media recognized her "terrain mastery" with its highest editorial prize, the Chairman's Award. Grossman's articles have also appeared in several major newspapers and magazines, including The Boston Globe and The Miami Herald.
In 2003, Grossman served as an Iraq war correspondent for U.S. News & World Report during a six-week stint at ground-combat headquarters in Kuwait. She subsequently wrote about the opening days of the conflict as a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, winning a top National Press Club award for the article. Previously senior correspondent and chief editor at the independent investigative weekly Inside the Pentagon, Grossman holds a bachelor's degree from Washington University and a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University.
Defense
Frustration Grows Over Stalled Reforms for Air Force Nuclear Personnel
Bonus pay and education benefits are on the table.
- Elaine M. Grossman
Defense
Nuclear Unit Commander to Step Down Amid Missileer Cheating Scandal
Air Force is set to announce results of probe into cheating on job performance exams.
- Elaine M. Grossman, Global Security Newswire
Management
Pentagon Leaders Put Support Contractors on Notice for Deep Cuts
Shift should return clout to civil servants.
- Elaine M. Grossman, Global Security Newswire
Defense
Nuclear Arsenal Subject to Pentagon Cuts, But New Subs May Escape Ax
Budget scrub will advise Hagel by late this month on how best to apportion $500 billion in congressionally mandated funding reductions over the next decade.
- Elaine M. Grossman, Global Security Newswire
Defense
Amid Deep Cuts, the Pentagon Labors to Keep Its Forces Ready for Korea
The military could react quickly in the event of hostilities, officials say.
- Elaine M. Grossman, Global Security Newswire
Oversight
Lab directors urged plutonium facility delay, former Biden aide charges
The proposal to delay building the facility has since drawn Republican fire.
- Elaine M. Grossman, Global Security Newswire
Defense
U.S. can safely take deeper nuclear arms cuts, senior Defense official says
The Pentagon has not yet offered President Obama a recommendation on the matter.
- Elaine M. Grossman, Global Security Newswire
Defense
Defense bill seeks new submarine cost assessment
The provision adapts an earlier demand in the House-passed version of 2012 defense authorization legislation.
- Elaine M. Grossman
Defense
Clinton moves to inject new urgency into bioweapon concerns at Geneva event
The Secretary of State's appearance will draw welcome attention to efforts to counter biological threats, observers say.
- Elaine M. Grossman
Defense
Senior U.S. official denies talk of putting nuclear waste site in Mongolia
Assertion contradicts remarks offered last spring by a veteran State Department official.
- Elaine M. Grossman
Defense
Top general says U.S. needs fresh look at deterrence, nuclear triad
Military needs to head off threats in other ways, according to Gen. James Cartwright.
- Elaine M. Grossman
Defense
Minot nukes clear of Midwest flooding, but wrestle with snow melt
Air Force has been able to head off any serious water threat to the ground-based deterrent force through a combination of sandbags and pumps.
- Elaine M. Grossman
Defense
House Committee slashes conventional "global strike" funds
Defense officials say a small number of these arms are necessary as an alternative to some nuclear weapons.
- Elaine M. Grossman
Defense
House approves bill with nuclear treaty-limiting provisions as veto bait
The measures would restrict Obama's ability to reduce nuclear weapons.
- Elaine M. Grossman
Defense
Cartwright said to be passed over for top military post
The general did not actively lobby for the chairman's job but would have been happy to undertake the post, friends say.
- Elaine M. Grossman
Defense
GOP leaders aim to enforce Obama's nuclear modernization promises
Bills would prohibit unilateral U.S. warhead reductions and preserve the nation's missile defense options.
- Elaine M. Grossman
Defense
GOP senator: Obama budget gap shows 'gradual retreat' on nuclear updates
Lindsey Graham says cuts to intercontinental ballistic missile study could be a harbinger of administration's strategy.
- Elaine M. Grossman
Defense
Pentagon budget may omit funds for ballistic missile study
A lack of money to assess how to modernize the ground-based missile leg of the strategic nuclear triad could prove controversial on Capitol Hill.
- Elaine M. Grossman
Defense
Pentagon pulls $1B from WMD-defense efforts to fund vaccine initiative
Projects on the chopping block include development and acquisition of biological and chemical detection systems, and protective clothing.
- Elaine M. Grossman
Defense
Congress chides U.S. Missile Defense management
Recently enacted legislation trims the agency's fiscal 2009 budget.
- Elaine M. Grossman