Mark Thompson

Time magazine

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National security correspondent for Time magazine, he also contributes to its Battleland blog; 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winner for Public Service in Journalism while at the Ft. Worth Star Telegram

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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were in the same place, but not at the same time. Even so, it's being called a preview of the formal debates to come.

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House Republicans today released a final report on the 2012 attack in Benghazi that killed 4 Americans.

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