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Globe. He served on the spotlight team. In his capacity as a journalist he has covered congress, the Supreme Court and every president ial campaign from 1980 through 2012. In addition he served as a senior politicals correspondent for the center for public integrity, a Nonprofit Center for Investigative Journalism in dc. In 1996 he received the prize and award from the White House Correspondent association for coverage of the presidency, the first time anyone had captured the first in a single year. Hes a frequent guest including at harvard, the us military academy, university of chicago and other institutions abroad. Hes the author of three books. Tonight his talk focuses on his third book about Richard Nixon, a biography of the 37th president of the United States. This book has won the award for best biography of the year, the New York Historical society and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. After the program please join us in the atrium where his book is for sale for signing. P
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