not simply been read and placed on a shelf or in terms of newspapers, read and placed in every sacred band. instead, his work has gone on to change public policy. for example, in 2005, his work changed the policy at the national institute of health regarding the pain merits to government scientists and those payments coming from drug manufacturers. in 2008, he was cited by the scripps howard foundation for his investigative reporting in the anthrax investigation. he was given the award for the top news story in the washington news area in 2008. and that is the reason we are here. it is regarding his latest publication, his latest book called the mirage man. that book is about the 2001 anthrax investigation. and i can tell you, having lived through that investigation and former director of the ei laboratory that this work is very authoritative. it is very complete, very thorough. i believe one of my favorite passages in the book occurs towards the middle of the book and talk
prior to that, he worked with the pass pasedena star news and the san jose mercury news. in 2001, mr. willman was awarded the pulitzer prize for his work in the discovery of seven drugs that were erroneously approvedded by the food and drugged a mrgs. he has been the recipient of many other awards including the national press club award as well as the george polk award. that work was his work on presidential finance and the improper use of funds for presidential campaigns. the work of david willman has not simply been read and placed on a shelf or in terms of newspapers, read and placed in the recycling bin. instead, his work has gone on to change public policy. for example, in 2005, his work changed a policy at the national institute of health regarding the payments to government scientists and those payments coming from drug manufacturers. in 2008, he was cited by the scripts of the howard foundation for his investigative reporting in the anthrax investigation. he was beg
thousands of u.s. troops pulling out of iraq in a matter of weeks. young lives touched by tragedy. teammates of an 11-year-old found dead in the woods pause to honor his life and memory. and a 10-year-old girl dragged into the woods and attacked. tonight, the man who came to her rescue talks to fox 5. we re going to begin with the end of the war in iraq. good evening, everyone. i m brian bolter. i m maureen umeh in for shawn. president obama making the surprise announcement this afternoon. thousands of troops will be back home by the holidays. jennifer davis starts us off tonight. the troops in iraq will definitely be home for the holidays. reporter: the president declares an official end to the iraq war announcing he ll bring the 40,000 u.s. troops there home by the end of the year. tens of thousands of them will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home. after nearly 9 years, america s war in iraq will be over. reporter: the president made th
rumor. the republican candidate, i think they could be setting ua situation where come january, if there is trouble, they say i told you so. jot reason for this, in large part, the united states in iraq and iraq couldn t agree of granting immunity to the u.s. soldiers as the united states continued to have a force in iraq. the president said none of that today at the white house. gloss over the fact that this negotiation was a big part of the decision y. that was? i don t think he wanted to focus on that. clearly there were a lot of discussions on that immune etissue. it was a very sticky issue and it seems like they had the discussion and iraq said lessen, we re not going grant that, humanity and you re going to have to be on your own. it s friday, there is a lot of talk about the timing on this and the president comes out and makes this announcement. how much did yesterday s event in libya play into this white house wanting to capitalize on the momentum it has on fore
anthrax case. asked about the quantico letter and asked whether it was sent by the same person who sent the anthrax, the quantico letter was thoroughly investigated. the person mentioned in the letter did not mail the anthrax and we were unable to determine who sent the anonymous quantico letter. congressman holts wants a special committee to investigate why the fbi pursued the wrong leads for so long including scientist steven hatfield who reached a $6 million settlement because the feds publicly identified him as a person interest of in that case, shep. shepard: catherine herridge in washington tonight. thank you. you are welcome. new claims now of voter fraud going back to the 2008 election. we ll tell what you it could have to do with the u.s. secretary of state and the president. that s next. plus, word today of a setback for a company that bills itself as the future of commercial space flight. and the texas rangers making their second straight trip to the world series. this