Ellen Knickmeyer is a former Washington Post bureau chief in Baghdad and Cairo. Before coming to the Post, she was the West Africa bureau chief for The Associated Press. This year, she graduated from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
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Yemen’s Dangerous Hunger Crisis
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Afghanistan: The End Is Near
The president knows that, sooner or later, we'll have to leave.... MORE
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Angry Iranian and Arab Leaders React to Wikileaks Revelations
Nowhere were the Wikileaks documents read with keener interest than in the Middle East— with... MORE
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Yemen Defends Itself
Battling charges that the country is doing nothing to apprehend major terrorists, a top Yemeni... MORE
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WikiLeaks Exposes Rumsfeld's Lies
Recent revelations by WikiLeaks show how top American leaders lied, knowingly, to the American... MORE
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The Next 9/11
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The Endgame in Iraq
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We're Training the Next Bin Laden
The American plan to arm local Afghans has raised concerns about the rise of militias and the risk... MORE
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Gen. McChrystal: Future Bookstore Owner?
After Obama's dismissal of the Afghan commander, military colleagues and friends talk to Ellen... MORE
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Petraeus, a Master of Spin
When President Obama dumped Gen. Stanley McChrystal, replacing him with Gen.... MORE
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Sex Trafficking at the World Cup
When the soccer tournament comes to South Africa next week, activists worry that unregulated... MORE
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Will the World Cup Screw Africa?
African nations have been looking to next month's tournament as the event that will help pull the... MORE
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The Horror of Covering War
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