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Person.png Bob Woodward   Spartacus WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(journalist)
BornRobert Upshur Woodward
1943-03-26
Geneva, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materYale University
Children • Taliesin
• Diana
SpouseElsa Walsh
Member ofBook and Snake
Together with Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward was an important player in the Watergate coup.

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Dates unknown
EmployerWashington Post
A player in the Watergate coup.

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Dates unknown
EmployerOffice of Naval Intelligence

Together with fellow Washington Post journalist, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward was an important player in the Watergate coup.

Background

While at Yale, Woodward joined the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and was a member of the secret society Book and Snake. [1][2] He received his B.A. degree in 1965, and began a five-year tour of duty in the United States Navy. In his navy career Woodward served in the Office of Naval Intelligence, where he was a part of a group which briefed top intelligence officials; at one time he was close to Admiral Robert O. Welander, being communications officer on the USS Fox under Welander's command.[3][4]

George W. Bush

Woodward was granted more time than any other journalist with George W. Bush, interviewing him six times for close to 11 hours total.[5] He gave credence to the lies about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. During an appearance on Larry King Live, he was asked by a telephone caller, "Suppose we go to war and go into Iraq and there are no weapons of mass destruction," Woodward responded "I think the chance of that happening is about zero. There's just too much there."[6]

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References

  1. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/fashion/jeff-himmelmans-new-biography-of-ben-bradlee.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
  2. "Phi Gamma Delta – Famous Fijis – education". Phigam.org. Retrieved March 7, 2010.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  3. Peter Dale Scott, The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America, University of California Press, 2007. p48
  4. Jack Williams, U-T San Diego, July 29, 2005, Adm. Robert O. Welander, 80; flotilla CO and Joint Chiefs aide
  5. "The War Within" page 443
  6. Mitchell, Greg (March 7, 2013). "Bob Woodward's Biggest Failure: Iraq". The Nation. Retrieved March 8, 2003.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").