THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 COMMEMORATIVE ANNIVERSARY EDITION washingtontimes.com SECTION C Fearless reporting Hard-hitting commentary and American values for 35 years … and counting

hirty-fi ve years later, some would say the miracle is that The Washing- commitment by the paper’s founder and the managers and editors to support that ton Times has survived at all, let alone thrived both as a daily newspaper vision, the newspaper has made the transition from the age of Reagan to the age of and — through WashingtonTimes.com — a powerful, conservative Trump. T online presence, in an age when publications of the left, right and center Every newspaper, every day, is a slice of history preserved in pixels, pulp and have been falling by the wayside at an alarming rate. printer’s ink. That fi rst issue of The Washington Times, debuting at a time when The Times has by no means been immune to the gale-force winds that have — as even the paper’s fi rst editorial noted — “so many papers, old and new, are buff eted the industry, but with a commitment to solid journalistic values and a closing,” was launched to fi ll a commercial and an ideological void. C2 | SSPECIALSEC THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 Creating ‘America’s Newspaper’ Dedicated to faith, family and freedom

A word from the editors ear readers, For 35 years, The Wash- ington Times has stood sentinel along the banks of Dthe Potomac River, shining a bright light into all corners of the federal government. During Republican administrations and Democratic administrations alike, the paper has been unfl inching in keep- ing its responsibility to inform readers and expose government shenanigans. Long before “fair and balanced” became a battle cry and the proliferation of websites spanning the political spec- trum, there was The Washington Times, beholden to no one and no party. When Ronald Reagan stormed into Washington on a promise to “make America great again,” The Washington THE WASHINGTON TIMES Times was there and chronicled the historic collapse of the Soviet Union. BY DAVID R. SANDS and tragedies in Chernobyl, Columbine, Oklahoma City, The Times for the volume marking the newspaper’s 20th When George H.W. Bush won the THE WASHINGTON TIMES the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Beslan, Virginia anniversary. “It skewered the Clinton administration on a Gulf War, only to later stumble on his Tech, San Bernardino and Orlando. regular basis, but we turned to The Washington Times to pledge of “no new taxes,” The Washing- Starting a newspaper “is worth doing, and we The Times era also covers three Washington Redskins fi nd out what the other side, the Republicans, were doing. ton Times was there. make our fi rst public appearance with a heady sense Super Bowl wins; the Republican Revolution of 1994 and … The Times has much better sourvces on the right than When a young, smooth-talking that we can do it. Our confi dence rests in part on the the tea party revolt of 2010; the Black Monday market crash much of the mainstream press.” governor from Arkansas stunned the zest and skills of the staff we have recruited. Just as of 1987, the dot-com crash of 1999 and the Great Recession The paper’s commitment to national defense and the political world, The Washington Times importantly, it rests on the need we fi nd expressed all of 2008 and 2009; a presidential election was there. And for eight years, the paper over Washington for a new perspective on local, national that turned on hanging chads and one eight produced award-winning political and world events.” years later that produced the nation’s fi rst coverage that ended in President Clin- — From “Introducing Th e Washington Times,” black commander in chief; the improbable ton’s impeachment and investigations Monday, May 17, 1982 Trump insurgency; an earthquake in the that to this day leave many questions eastern U.S., three popes; and 35 Academy unanswered. he headline of the main front- Awards best picture honorees. During the epic 2000 presidential page story conceded it was an The Times not only persevered but election recount in Florida, The Times eleventh-hour “miracle” that the thrived in the wake of the September 2012 was there, counting chads and recording fi rst edition even got passing of founder Rev. Sun every legal argument all the way to the out the door. On Page Myung Moon, whose vision Supreme Court. 2, Prince Charles was for a credible, conservative On Sept. 11, 2001, The Washington eagerly awaiting the voice in the nation’s capital Times was there. And never forgot. birth of his fi rst child has been upheld by his family with Princess Diana, and the Washington Times even as British Sea Harrier warplanes were Foundation. Tstrafi ng Argentine military vessels ahead of Former Washington Times an expected invasion of the Falkland Islands. Chairman Dr. Douglas D.M. Joo

President Reagan’s plan to abolish the recalled being “very proud” of THE WASHINGTON TIMES Department of Education was mired in what the newspaper has con- Congress. Actor Hugh Beaumont, the stern tributed to the history of this country, helping value of military service led to some of the most focused but wise father of “Leave It to Beaver” fame, Rev. Sun Myung Moon to establish freedom, shape American culture and substantive coverage of issues facing the military of had just died of a heart attack while visiting and make the family healthier. He said The any mainstream news outlet in the country, from matters West Germany. The fi nal Business Brief item of the day Washington Times “has more than lived up to the ideas” of grand national strategy to the gripes and frustrations of concerned plans by Ocean Spray Inc. for the national it said were the reasons for its creation, noting that former ordinary grunts and their families. Unlike many other U.S. rollout of a newfangled “aseptic container made of layers President Ronald Reagan described the newspaper as a “loud media outlets, The Times has kept its commitment to fair of paper, foil and polyethylene” for its fruit drinks — the and powerful voice” that helped America win the Cold War. and hard-hitting foreign and national security coverage, fi rst juice box. even as it remains must-reading inside the Beltway and Thirty-fi ve years later, some would say the miracle is Breath of fresh air on Capitol Hill. that The Washington Times (unlike juice boxes) has sur- vived at all, let alone thrived as a From the outset, The Times proved to be a breath of Taking the lead daily newspaper and — through fresh air for conservatives looking for a mainstream, profes- WashingtonTimes.com — a sional news outlet that honored their principles and gave The paper proved itself repeatedly willing to pursue powerful conservative online voice to their discontents. A daily stories and scandals that the established media gatekeep- presence in an age when pub- multipage Commentary section, ers dismissed or overlooked: the book publishing deals lications of the left, right and fi lled with writers not given plat- that brought down Democratic House Speaker Jim center have been falling by the forms in other “prestige” media, Wright; the House bank scandal; the reprimand of Rep. wayside at an alarming rate. quickly became essential reading Barney Frank; Whitewater and the personal scandals The Times has by no means for many, including one of the that dogged Mr. Clinton throughout his presidency; been immune to the gale-force paper’s earliest fans, President the massive Promise Keepers march on Washington; winds that have buff eted the in- Reagan. In its early years, Mr. the ethical shortcomings of a string of D.C. mayors; dustry, but with a commitment Reagan publicly praised the ac- China’s military buildup and its eff orts to infi ltrate the to solid journalistic values and curate reporting of The Times. American military and commercial establishment; the Dr. Bo Hi Pak a commitment by the paper’s Bo Hi Pak, the Korean international tug of war over the fate of a Cuban boy founder and the managers and editors to support that businessman and diplomat named Elian Gonzalez; the crippling Republican infi ght- The Times stood watch from the vision, the newspaper has made the transition from the who served as The Times’ ing over the tenure of party Chairman Michael S. Steele; triumphant march into Baghdad to Age of Reagan to the Age of Trump. fi rst president, said the paper’s Mr. Douglas D.M. Joo the coaching merry-go-round that has undermined the the bitter end of George W. Bush’s Every newspaper, every day, is a slice of history pre- role was “not to bend to the right” but to “provide the once-mighty Redskins; the long-running policy debates presidency. served in pixels, pulp and printer’s ink. That fi rst issue of balance so obviously lacking in many other major on immigration, education, religious freedom and the The Times was there for the hope- The Washington Times, debuting at a time when — as newspapers.” decline of the family. ful dawn of President Obama’s inaugu- even the paper’s fi rst editorial noted — “so many papers, If its editorial pages carved a distinctive conservative Born in an age when typeset tastes in newspapers ran ration to the rejection of his presidency old and new, are closing,” was launched to fi ll a commercial identity, the newsroom’s willingness to skewer the power- the gamut from dark gray to light gray, The Times pio- with the election of Donald Trump. and an ideological void. ful on an equal-opportunity basis earned it fans — and neered — along with USA Today, another mold-breaking Of course, politics is the bread The demise of The Washington Star nine months readers — across the ideological spectrum. daily newspaper with national ambitions that debuted and butter of any newspaper based in earlier left the capital of the fi ve months after The Times Washington. But The Times has also free world a one-newspa- hit the newsstands — the use invested unparalleled energies into per town in an era when of color and eye-catching covering the First Amendment, reli- there were just three na- graphics to enliven cover- gious freedom, American culture, gun tional broadcast networks, age and enhance the reader’s rights and social issues that many other no cable channels and no understanding. The Wash- newspaper shy from. internet, and just a handful ingtonTimes.com website The only agenda of The Washington of weekly newsmagazines. launched on May 17, 1996, Times is the agenda of its readers. If it The liberal editorial tilt of and now is the foundation of is important to you, it is important to the nation’s top news organs The Times’ integrated online us. It has always been that way. left a lot of room on the right and in-print news coverage. Over the past 3½ decades, tumultu- for the upstart newspaper Even in times of organi- ous changes have wracked the newspa- to cover stories and publish zational and fi nancial uncer- per industry. voices that others ignored tainty, Times’ offi cials have Today, there is greater competition and to pursue its mandate expressed a commitment among news outlets — both in print to champion “freedom, faith to the paper’s values and a and over the internet — than ever and family.” willingness to provide the before in human history. The most Against some consider- support needed to keep it in vaunted and venerated publications able odds, and in the face the marketplace. must now compete with any outlet that of vicissitudes both internal At the 2012 funeral for has a web address and a keyboard. and external, the newspaper Rev. Moon, Bo Hi Pak, who But to this day, The Washington and its WashingtonTimes. THE WASHINGTON TIMES worked beside and translated Times has never surrendered its inde- com website continue to pur- In early 1982, the Parsons Paper Company warehouse on the northeast border of Th e National Arboreteum in for Rev. Moon for more than a pendence, its dedication to accuracy sue that mandate each day. Washington, DC, underwent a round -the-clock conversion to house the newsroom and presses of the newly half-century, expressed a quiet and its devotion to the interests of our It has chronicled daily created Washington Times. Th e Times’ staff worked and published daily in the midst of the construction. optimism in an interview that readers. life in a time rich in his- the church and The Times Thank you for reading. We hope you torical signifi cance, reporting and commenting on six “I will reliably report to you that it was an awful lot could handle the diffi cult transition period. will keep reading for the next 35 years. presidents and nine presidential elections; the end of the of fun in a Democratic White House to read The Wash- “Rev. Moon’s teachings were completely recorded. We Cold War and the dawn of the global war on terrorism; ington Times every day, [with its] great insights into the know what he left us as a spiritual will,” said Mr. Pak, who — Executive Editor Christopher Dolan the impeachment of a president and the dramatic cocaine infi ghting among movement conservatives,” President was president and chairman of The Washington Times and Opinion Editor Charles Hurt arrest of a D.C. mayor; wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria; Clinton’s White House spokesman Michael McCurry told when it was founded in 1982. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 SSPECIALSEC | C3

Reagan and the Times

“Best conservative newspaper in D.C. hands down. As a millennial I read the Washington times for a great source of conservative news.” — Benjamin, Washington D.C.

uring the 1980s, The Washington Times became a valuable resource for those who wanted to know what was on DPresident Reagan’s mind — or how to infl uence his thinking. On June 21, 1984, the president urged students from the National YMCA Youth Governors Conference to read The Times Time magazine credited The Washington to learn about how their government worked. Times’ editorial with stiff ening the president’s “And if you really want to get some history on resolve. In 1986, Fortune magazine reported this when you leave here,” he said at a ceremony that The Times was one of fi ve newspapers Mr. in the Rose Garden, “get a copy of The Washington Reagan read daily before his fi rst meeting at 9 a.m. Times.” Mr. Reagan’s steadfast opposition to communism Mr. Reagan held up that day’s Commentary section. meshed with that of the founders of The Washington “You’ll fi nd some very interesting reading and, at the Times, which chronicled and revealed communist same time, you’ll have a complete knowledge of what threats and aggressions around the world through- the history of our attempts has been down through out the 1980s. the years,” he told the young leaders. The fi rst decade at The Times ended with After The Times published a pointed edi- the widespread collapse of communism torial on the 1985 Achille Lauro cruise ship and the disintegration of the Soviet hijacking, Mr. Reagan ordered U.S. jet fi ght- Union, momentous events that the ers to intercept an Egyptian airliner that newspaper thoroughly recorded was carrying the Palestinian hijack- for posterity. ers to safety.

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THE WASHINGTON TIMES Pictured clockwise from upper left : President Reagan standing at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Offi ce, the president

and fi rst lady Nancy Reagan, a caricature bust of the 40th THE WASHINGTON TIMES president by Washington Times staff artist Alexander Hunter, presented to President Reagan by the editors of Th e Times, the president with Dr. Edward Teller promoting the Strategic Defense Initiative, president Reagan speaking at Berlin’s Brandenburg THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE WASHINGTON TIMES Gate with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. C4 | SSPECIALSEC THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 SSPECIALSEC | C5

“I only read The Washington Times Meet some of our because I only have time for the truth.” The Times’ colorful path to ‘outsized infl uence’ — Bob, Leavenworth, Kansas newsroom staff BY JENNIFER HARPER journalism. It will be a worthy Bush, George W. Bush, United achieved its fi rst profi table the diffi cult media marketplace Beasley’s watch, The Times Bradford Richardson general claims sexual assault; Andrea Noble D.C. THE WASHINGTON TIMES challenger to the Washington Nations Secretary-General Ban month in its history, success- today,” Mr. Beasley said. “But went from losing more than $2 Secret war plan presented for Family: Mother and a Post, and an unmistakable Ki-moon and lady Margaret fully transforming a traditional I’m proud of our team for its million a month at the end of Culture fi rst Iraq war; Secret report: Justice grandmother t was a no-frills em- alternate voice, as excellent in Thatcher. money-losing print publica- determined eff ort to remake 2012 to profi tability in less than Reporter Israel has 82 nukes; Top Navy Department Education: Trinity Washington ployment notice that its presentation of news “The tion into a leaner multimedia their company into a digital- three years, while more than Birthplace: admirals intervened in SEAL reporter University went public 35 years and commentary from a Washington company with diverse revenue fi rst business that can sustain doubling its web audience to Redwood trial; Christopher Steele ad- Birthplace: Career ago, touting an original conservative vantage point Times will al- streams and a growing national a print publication that still become the 17th-largest online City, mits dossier unverifi ed. Kansas highlights: vision that sustained as the Post is from a liberal ways stand for audience. That moment was 33 wields enormous clout.” news organization, according to California Books: City, Began The Washington perspective.” a free people,” years in the making, and one The process was long. It was the Pew Research Center. Family: “Rums- Missouri jour- Times on its quest for The year was 1982. George Bush that drew considerable media expensive. Though The Times “Since we burst on the scene Two feld’s Education: nalism profi tability. The very fi rst edition of the senior attention. achieved outsized infl uence in in 1982, we’ve always been sisters War: The Webster career “WANTED: The Best. We’re The Washington Times noted in 2007. “The hardworking employ- the nation’s capital and beyond, known for providing an exclu- Education: Untold University after high Ilaunching a new daily news- newspaper emerged — and “As long as ees and patient owners of The the paper also accumulated sive, original news report un- Bachelor Story of Career school paper in Washington, D.C. We thousands more followed, The Wash- Washington Times have waited losses that far exceeded $1 rivaled by others and one that of arts degree in philosophy, America’s Highlights: at The intend to build it, rapidly and produced in a building that ington Times for this day for a long time,” billion. resonated with conservative politics and economics, Clare- Anti- Covered the Justice Department Washing- purposefully, into one of the na- had once been a ware- is alive and President and CEO Larry Beas- “I know the owners can’t thought leadership. It’s now mont McKenna College Terrorist and national law enforcement ton Star, a tion’s best newspapers,” the brief house on the outer edge well, conser- ley said after surprising his staff wait for us to pay them back,” rewarding to know we have a Career Highlights: Editor-in-chief Com- issues, wrote about criminal cases conservative newspaper; joined missive read. “The Washington of the nation’s capital. Jennifer Harper vative voices with an impromptu champagne a good-natured Mr. Beasley business model to sustain us of the Claremont Independent, mander,” including gang killings and public The Washington Times copy Times will be a bold, new voice The Times never missed an will never be drowned out,” celebration at company head- joked during the company well into the future,” said Dr. 2013-2014; Publius Fellow at New York corruption trials, was selected desk in 1985. An award-winning in the nation’s capital. It will be a issue over the years, earning Thatcher said in a remarkable That’s larger-than-life stuff . ever forget. On Oct. 15, 2015, quarters that very afternoon. celebration. Michael Jenkins, chairman of the Claremont Institute, 2015; Times as the 2013 John Jay College of opinion writer and columnist paper of excellence, representing accolades from the likes of public video produced the But one signifi cant moment The Washington Times for- “A lot of people said this His business acumen and Operations Holdings, parent collegiate network fellow in best seller. “Sabotage: How Criminal Justice/H.F. Guggenheim who has served as an editor in the highest-quality standards of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. same year. was to come that no one will mally announced that it had couldn’t be done, especially in fi nesse were key. Under Mr. company of The Times. journalism, 2015. the CIA reporting fellow. several capacities. went to war against George Guy Taylor W. Bush.” Ian Bishop Valerie Richardson National S.A. Miller Managing National Security Editor/ Reporter Team White House Digital Birthplace: 35 years of dedication and distinction — four from Day One Leader Correspondent Birthplace: Waco, Birthplace: Birthplace: Cambridge, Texas ditor-in-Chief Emeritus illustration and publication design. Massachu- Baltimore, Massachu- Family: Wesley Pruden arrived in Mr. Hunter created a full-page Sunday setts Maryland setts Married Washington on a dark and feature, Hunter’s Big Picture, which in its fi rst Family: Family: Family: 33 years stormy night in 1963, the year year tied for second place in the Scripps How- Married Married Wife, to Craig John F. Kennedy was assas- ard Foundation National Journalism Award with three with four daughter, Richard- sinated. With a few clothes for Editorial Cartooning competition in 2008. children children elderly son; three and a Remington typewriter This same feature won fi rst place in the same Education: Education: beagle children packed in the back of his category in 2009. Degree Bach- Education: College of the Holy Education: Bachelor of arts Volkswagen Beetle, he came to join the Still swinging a bicuspid-bitten Venus No. from Clark University elor of arts Cross degree in government, Pomona National Observer, the new national weekly 2 in either fi st, he currently reprises his role as Career highlights: Has reported from degree from the University of Career highlights: Flying as the College Enewspaper from Dow Jones & Co., publish- art director and an illustrator for The Times’ more than two dozen countries, Baltimore pool reporter aboard Air Force Career highlights: Western re- ers of the Wall Street Journal. Commentary section and has recently become including from the Middle East, Career Highlights: Maryland One in 2004, without a minute porter since 1990 based in Cali- More than 50 years later, 35 of it as a driving a contributing cartoonist for its Editorial Page Asia, South America, Europe and State House correspondent of sleep, hours after the Red fornia and Colorado; covered force at The Washington Times, Mr. Pruden’s and website. Africa. Led a reporting project 2003-2007; traveling press on Sox won the World Series. Oh, fall of Berlin Wall, Oklahoma wry, witty, take-no-prisoners commentary, on counterterrorism that was U.S. presidential campaigns, and that time during a press City bombing, Columbine “Pruden on Politics,” remains a popular fi xture Frank Perley, senior opinion editor nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. 2008, 2012, 2016; Washington conference I had to ask Hillary massacre, earthquakes, fi res, in print, online and by email for a legion of loyal Once had work supported by the correspondent for New York Clinton what she thought about and multiple presidential and Times readers. Frank Perley received a tip in August 1981 Pulitzer Center on Crisis Report- Post, 2010-2014. her husband being depicted Senate races. Has a few awards A Baptist preacher’s son, Mr. Pruden grew while working in San Diego that a startup ing and the Fund for Investigative without a wedding ring in his somewhere. Bruce Babbitt once up on words, the rich cadences that make newspaper with a conservative editorial Journalism. Cheryl Danehart offi cial portrait. called her his worst enemy. up the music of the King James version of perspective would debut the following year to the Bible. He was hired at 15 by the Arkansas replace the defunct Washington Star. A native Cheryl Chumley Universal Alex Swoyer Maria Stainer Gazette in his hometown of Little Rock. He New Yorker, he headed back East with his Eng- Desk night continued to work there after graduation from lish degree to ensure he was front and center Online supervisor Legal Aff airs Assistant Little Rock High School while attending classes when hiring began. Opinion Birth- Reporter Managing at what is now the University of Arkansas at He signed on to the original staff in January Editor place: Birthplace: Editor/ Little Rock. Three years later, he joined the 1982 to begin prepping for publication from Birthplace: Yuma, Houston, Universal Commercial Appeal, a Scripps Howard news- offi ces in the basement of the National Press Brockton, Arizona Texas Desk paper, in Memphis. Building. Massa- Family: Mar- THE WASHINGTON TIMES Mr. Pruden joined The Times as a political “We practiced putting together prototypes chusetts Wid- Family: (morning Two generations of Richardsons cover the news at Th e Washington Times ried Aug. 5, supervisor) columnist on Day One and quickly became with news stories we banged out on type- Family: owed; no 2017 Birthplace: the fl edgling paper’s managing editor, guiding writers and edited by hand,” he recalled. “I Married children Education: Santiago a rowdy and eccentric collection of rogues, remember all of us running around Capitol with four Education: West Virginia Univer- de Cuba Reporting the news scamps and vagabonds, all skeptical of nearly Hill before the crack of dawn on March 1, children University sity of (fl ed com- everything, living by the famous newsroom delivering our fi rst real paper to congressional Education: Career highlights: Joined The Missouri- munism maxim that “if your mother says she loves you, offi ces. It was then that Washington knew we Manhattanville College; Army Intelligencer in Wheeling, Columbia School of Journalism; and was check it out.” He helped shaped the newspaper were for real.” Ordnance Corps West Virginia, 1988; joined Ave Maria School of Law. naturalized as a U.S. citizen as a family affair alongside several editors-in-chiefs, including After the paper went daily on May 17, Mr. Career highlights: Author of The Washington Times as Career highlights: Obtained a a child) Arnaud de Borchgrave, in the fi rst decade and Perley spent three years gaining reporting “Devil in DC: Winning Back a copy editor, 2000; named license to practice law in 2013; Family: Married; one child BY VALERIE RICHARDSON And it’s entirely possible that Brad may have then as editor-in-chief himself through the sec- experience covering a full range of news beats the Country From the Beast in copy desk chief, 2008; broke major stories while Bachelor of arts gone into the news business without my infl u- ond. He kept the emphasis on the fundamen- THE WASHINGTON TIMES in Prince George’s County — courts, police, Washington” and “Police State named Universal Desk night Education: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Wesley Pruden reporting in mid-Missouri from degree from the University of ence. His career started just like mine, with a high tals of old-fashioned “shoe-leather” reporting, schools, human interest. Moving to Fairfax USA: How Orwell’s Nightmare supervisor, 2012. 2009-2010 as well as during Maryland at College Park hen I was hired in 1988 as school journalism class that led to a spot on the setting the yardstick by which today’s news- McCain campaign,” as the lead on a March “And as I moved from table to table and con- County, he held down the same role, always a Is Becoming Our Reality.” Robert the Republican presidential Career highlights: Founded a reporter for The Wash- student newspaper. room operates. 3, 2000, report put it, because the senator versation to conversation, it became clear to me one-man news bureau competing against as Novak journalism fellow. News John Bourantas primary race in 2016. The Washington Times’ Family ington Times, I gave no Both of our paths to The Washington Times Drawing on his experience as a newspaper- continued to alienate core Republican voters that they sought my company because of the many as a dozen report- appearances on Fox News, CSPAN, Times section in the 1990s; thought to whether my ran through Claremont, California. I served as man in Arkansas and Tennessee and a war — as was abundantly clear to anyone willing newspaper I represented — and the traditional ers from The Washing- OANN, CBN and various national Assistant Carlo Muñoz was The Times’ employee of children might some- editor of the Student Life at Pomona College correspondent in Vietnam and the Middle to see and report it. family values that paper already was known to ton Post. For a while, he radio shows. Managing the year in 2000; launched and day work for the same during my junior year. Years later, Brad enrolled East, Mr. Pruden quickly set out to develop The David A. Keene, then chairman of the respect,” Mr. Hallow says. had with him a young, Editor/ Military produced multiple award-win- newspaper.W For one, I feared I might not at Claremont McKenna College and became Times’ unmistakable identity in which respect American Conservative Union who would It goes with the territory that any political ambitious sidekick Dave Boyer Universal Correspondent ning daily sections and special last a month, given the high expectations editor of the Claremont Independent. Still, he for institutions could be spiked with an irrever- later serve as The Times’ opinion editor, writer covering a campaign event or state or learning the reporting Desk Birthplace: sections; launched multiple and deadline pressure of working for a busy didn’t think about journalism seriously until he ent, occasionally irascible attitude, qualities that says: “The Times saw national political convention in cities and towns ropes. The kid has since White House Correspondent Birthplace: New York, website redesigns over the metropolitan daily. broke a national story about Scripps College’s dis- later would come to be decried in polite parlors and reported early the across America will be asked repeatedly by at- done well: Peter Baker, Birthplace: Athens, New York years; developed a written tuto- For another, I had no children. invitation to a high-profi le conservative speaker, as “politically incorrect.” This became a mantra. defects in the McCain tendees what publication he or she works for. now chief White House Baltimore, Greece Family: rial on the CMS for the staff ; Three kids and 28 years later, however, my columnist George F. Will. “We’re the way we are because that’s the candidacy at a time “But almost from Day One,” Mr. Hallow correspondent for The Maryland Education: Single, one helped The Washington Times middle child, Bradford Richardson, joined The Brad was hooked. He moved to the nation’s way we were designed to be,” Mr. Pruden in- when most of the says, “upon learning I was from The Washing- New York Times. Family: Wife, North- sibling host the Associated Press Times. In doing so, he and I staked capital after graduation and did a sisted that each recruit, whether cub or veteran, other media were so ton Times, the convention delegates, candidate Mr. Perley spent Christine eastern University Educa- Managing Editors convention our claim as the fi rst — and so brief stint at The Hill before coming be told. “If you want to work on a plain-vanilla emotionally involved supporters or members of the state or national Frank Perley the early 1990s work- Education: Career Highlights: Working at tion: Ohio in the District of Columbia. far only — mother-son reporting It might seem aboard at The Times. newspaper that looks and sounds like a thou- that they couldn’t Republican Party committee would pump my ing with Washington Bachelor’s The Washington Times Wesleyan Has written several articles at tandem in our publication’s 35-year odd to have As far as I’m concerned, it was sand others, this is not the place for you. Don’t see he was planting hand, clap me on the back, even hug me, and Times Editor-in-Chief Arnaud de Borchgrave. degree in during the aftermath of Sept. University The Washington Times and at history. meant to be: He was hired on the come here thinking you’re going to change the seeds of his own say thing like, ‘Thank God for The Washington Organizing an endless series of newsmaker journal- 11 and the wars in Afghanistan Career highlights: Associate edi- other publications (including In some ways, I’m not surprised. your son same day as I was — Feb. 29, or Leap the way we are. But if you want to work on a destruction.” Times.’” luncheons, Mr. Perley had close encounters ism from and Iraq. tor, Defense Group at Inside an exclusive with author Alice I think being a newspaper reporter working at Day — 28 years earlier. newspaper that chases the unexpected story, The Times “re- with a variety of political and entertainment Penn State Washington Publishers, 2005- Walker for The Baltimore Sun is a great job, and some of my en- your place of It might seem odd to have your the story other papers ignore and your readers Ralph Z. Hallow mains the best place Alexander Hunter, art director and fi gures — Dan Quayle, Condoleezza Rice, University Carlton Bryant 2010; deputy editor at AOL that was picked up by The As- thusiasm for the profession may son working at your place of busi- crave, fi nding and printing the inconvenient but to read about internal an illustrator for Th e Times’ Commentary Dionne Warwick and Louis Farrakhan among Career Highlights: Winner of more Defense, 2010; foreign corre- sociated Press). have rubbed off on my son. As The business, but ness, but for me, it’s been great fun. illuminating fact, this is the place for you.” Republican politics because its reporters are them. Most impressive was Henry Kissinger. than one dozen statewide journal- Senior spondent for Stars and Stripes Times’ Western correspondent, I for me, it’s We talk on the phone almost every Mr. Pruden nurtured a period of stable so plugged in,” Washington Monthly noted section “He was the only guest who talk could inces- ism awards in Pennsylvania, New Universal Mideast bureau, 2015-2016. Christine Reed work from my home in Colorado, been great day about what we’re writing. We’ve growth and acceptance in which The Times in 1997, citing as an example Mr. Hallow’s santly and still manage to clean his plate,” said Jersey and Virginia. Has covered Editor which means my kids watched me had a few joint bylines. I’ve probably projected a mature infl uence while attracting description of a private meeting at which 32 Alexander Hunter was the last staff er Mr. Perley. the White House for seven years, Birthplace: Tarron Lively Newsroom for years conduct phone interviews, fun. We talk taught him a few tricks of the trade, new talent, several who have become the core conservative activists sharply criticized House personally selected by Rev. Sun Myung Moon Moving on to another choice assignment, including overseas presidential Talla- Offi ce dash off to press events and scramble on the phone but he’s also shown me a thing or of today’s news gathering and opinion opera- Speaker Newt Gingrich for “going soft” on tax at a draft of Unifi cationists held in New York Mr. Perley joined the Opinion staff in 1992 trips and domestic coverage on hassee, Editor, Manager to fi nish stories before carting them two. tions. And he is one of four who can say they cuts. at the inception of The Washington Times in as articles editor, working with Tony Snow, Air Force One. Traveling re- Florida Universal Birthplace: to soccer practice or piano lessons. almost every Embarrassing but true: I didn’t have seen it all at The Times. Less than a decade later, MSNBC’s Rachel January 1982. who later served as chief speechwriter for porter with the George W. Bush Family: Desk Lewisburg, We planned more than a few day about know how to use Google docs until Maddow reiterated the importance of reading He arrived in Washington that year and George H.W. Bush, and Pulitzer Prize-winning campaign for The Times in 2000 Married Birthplace: Pennsylva- family vacations around my travel what we’re Brad explained it to me. Of course, Senior Political Correspondent The Times to better understand the Republi- went to work as an information graphic artist journalist Mary Lou Forbes. “Tony was a and with the Obama re-election with two Ches- nia schedule. Any interview in Aspen he still doesn’t know how to change Ralph Z. Hallow can Party as she regularly read Mr. Hallow’s and illustrator for the paper, adding publication great tennis player and an even better editor,” campaign in 2012. Served as children, tertown, Family: An or Steamboat Springs was a great writing. a typewriter ribbon. coverage of shenanigans and infi ghting of the design and art direc- said Mr. Perley. “Mary Lou was tough on the congressional bureau chief for two Maryland awesome excuse for a weekend trip to the What I also appreciate is having Republican National Committee under the tion to his repertoire outside and soft on the inside. They were both The Times. granddaughters Family: husband, mountains. When the Democratic National Con- someone in my family with a connection to my Senior Political Correspondent Ralph Z. stewardship of Michael Steele. Mr. Hallow’s under the tutelage of dedicated to the core mission of conservative Education: University of Mary- Married amazing vention was held in Los Angeles, we drove out a co-workers. For years, my kids would see a call Hallow has a knack for the exclusive, and he’s meticulous reporting and sources within the The Times’ designer opinion.” Tony passed away in 2007, Mary Lou Rowan Scarborough land at College Park; Univer- Education: parents few days early and visited Grandpa in Bakersfi eld. come in from the 202 area code and holler, “Mom, been doing it since the beginning. RNC led to Mr. Steele’s downfall and the rise Gil Roschuni and its art in 2009. sity of Florida at Gainesville Morgan and an I met with the Nevada governor while my hus- it’s Victor,” meaning National Editor Victor Mor- The Reagan White House’s secret program of Reince Priebus, whose transformation of the director, Joe Scopin. As senior opinion editor since 2010, Mr. National Security Reporter Military: U.S. Navy, 1980-1984 State University adventurous Westie. band and kids circled the state Capitol outside. ton. Or Dave (Politics Editor David Sands). Or to fi nance the rebels in Nicaragua with pro- committee’s operations is credited with helping Over the past 35 Perley has written editorials and edited the Birthplace: Bethesda Maryland Career highlights: Metropolitan Career highlights: Reporter/ Education: Bachelor of arts de- One time I interviewed Sen. Craig Thomas of Chris (Executive Editor Chris Dolan). ceeds from arms sales to Iran had begun to leak the GOP win the White House and re-establish years, Mr. Hunter Opinion section together with Associate Family: Single reporter, 1989-1991; National editor, 2003-2011; deputy con- gree from Bucknell University Wyoming on the phone while holding a baby — These were people whose names they had in early November 1986. In a Nov. 21 recording itself in many states. served as political car- Managing Editor for Opinion Carol Herman, Education: Journalism degree, reporter, 1991-1993; assistant tinuous news editor, 2011-2014; Career Highlights: With the ex- and it might have been Brad — who decided at heard all their lives but had never met. And now for his diary, Vice President George H.W. Bush Mr. Hallow came from the Chicago Tri- toonist, art director and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Wesley Pruden and, University of Maryland. National editor, 1993-1997; universal slot editor since 2014; ception of working at a that moment to start bawling. I was mortifi ed, but Brad knows them, too. called the Reagan administration’s internal bune’s editorial board, but he honed his report- chief illustrator for the until recently, Opinion Editor David Keene, Summa cum laude; William Features editor, 1997-1999; honored by Virginia Press grocery store while in college, Mr. Thomas just laughed and said he understood. Years ago, I took the kids to visit The Wash- bickering over who knew what “unseemly,” and ing chops at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Commentary section who has been succeeded by Charles Hurt. Randolph Hearst scholarships Metropolitan editor, 1999- Association; recipient of The spent career at He died in 2007, and I won’t forget how much I ington Times newsroom on New York Avenue “like blood in the water and sharks are coming Not long after the newspaper’s found- Alexander Hunter through the 1980s as Along the way, Mr. Perley, with his wife, Career Highlights: Stories 2007; assistant managing edi- Washington Times Excellence The Washington Times. appreciated his kindness that day. during a family trip to Washington. Brad, who in.” Then: “There was the fi rst linkage of me to ing, Mr. Hallow, then a relative newcomer to well as designer and art Marianne, raised three sons to become broken: Don’t ask, don’t tell; tor, 2007-2014; senior univer- in Achievement Award in 2012. Started in the advertising Brad tells me he grew up thinking that having was about 10, played a game of chess with then- all this today when Ralph Z. Hallow, a horrible Washington, accompanied House Democrats director at various times for virtually all other engineers, and picked up a couple of writing Highest-ranking woman sal editor, 2015-present. division, worked for a a reporter for a mom was no big deal. Some- National Editor Ken Hanner. The estimable Mr. fellow, a right-wing guy from The Washington and their families to an annual retreat at a sections of the paper, save the front page and awards from the MDDC Press Association Deborah Simmons former vice president times it meant rescheduling events — we still Hanner, who apparently does not hold back Times, wrote a piece that wasn’t bad at all but resort in West Virginia. One evening, the pols sports. and the Virginia Press Association. But, he and then transferred to the remember the year we postponed his birthday when playing against little kids, trounced the lad. just talked about what the vice president knew threw a dinner and dance, at which they and Winning the Society of Newspaper Design- said, spending 35 years at The Washington Senior Correspondent, newsroom. Recipient party because it fell on the same day as the Kenny, if you’re reading this, Brad’s back in and when he knew it.” Mr. Hallow, naturally, their families occupied dozens of tables. While ers Gold Award for Design in 1985 (shared Times has been its own reward. “The paper has “I read The Washington Times editorial page to know Communities Editor of a Washington Times Excel- execution of the Oklahoma City bomber — but the newsroom. And I think he wants a rematch. took the “horrible fellow” as a compliment. mingling and schmoozing as good reporters do with illustrator Dolores Motitchka) began a always been about ‘faith, family and freedom,’ what’s going on in the nation’s capital …” Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- lence in Achievement Award in most of the time the demands of the job fi t into And it was Mr. Hallow in The Times who by defi nition, Mr. Hallow recalls, he was invited period of recognition that racked up over and so have I. What more could I ask for than vania; raised in Washington, 2012. our daily routine. ⦁ Bradford Richardson contributed to this report. fi rst noted the “wheels are coming off the to pull up a chair. two dozen local and national awards for to be where I belong?” — CIA Director, Mike Pompeo, Kansas C6 | SSPECIALSEC THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 Commentary Merits of topics ILLUSTRATION BY COMMENTARY SECTION aired daily GREG GROESCH FRONT CIRCA 1988

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ILLUSTRATION BY LINAS GARSYS ILLUSTRATION BY HUNTER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 SSPECIALSEC | C7 Amid the controversies, the facts Sober witness to a time for war n Sept. 14, 2001, George leaders said Iraqi President Sad- W. Bush was standing dam Hussein had acquired weap- with New York City fi re- ons of mass destruction and the fi ghters in the rubble of means to deliver them. Othe World Trade Center, trying to In 2002, the Senate authorized address a crowd, when someone the president to use force against shouted that he couldn’t hear what Iraq. In March 2003, U.S. forces the president was saying. launched strikes against Saddam’s “I can hear you,” Mr. Bush said regime. Within weeks, Baghdad through a bullhorn. “The rest of the fell, Saddam was deposed and Mr. world hears you. And the people Bush declared an end to major who knocked these buildings down combat operations underneath a will hear all of us soon.” “Mission Accomplished” banner The war on terrorism had on board an aircraft carrier return- begun. ing from the Persian Gulf. The al Qaeda terrorist net- But insurgents from nearby work, headed by Osama bin countries and Saddam loyalists Laden, claimed responsibil- began thwarting eff orts to estab- ity for the Sept. 11 attacks, in lish a democratic government in which radical Islamic terrorists Iraq. Shiites began seeking re- hijacked four U.S. jetliners and venge against the Sunni minority fl ew them into the twin towers that had oppressed them under of the World Trade Center and Saddam. Al Qaeda set up opera- the Pentagon. Passengers of one tions in the country, and sectarian jetliner overpowered the hijack- violence threatened to escalate ers and crashed the plane into a fi eld in Pennsylvania. More with the successful mission to “caliphate” in the heart of the Mid- than 3,000 people were killed assassinate bin Laden in his dle East in 2015. in the attacks. Pakistan hideout in May 2011. The U.S. and its military have Afghanistan, ruled by the But Mr. Obama’s policy of only slowly clawed back territory Islamic totalitarian Taliban re- strategic retreat ran into prob- from the deadly ISIS movement, gime, had been sheltering al lems on multiple fronts when a a campaign that has gathered Qaeda and bin Laden and re- new civil war broke out in Syria, strength under President Trump fused to deliver them to Western Russia seized the Crimean Pen- in pitched battles to reclaim cities authorities. The U.S. assembled insula from the Western-backed such as Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in a multinational force and in government in Ukraine, the Tali- Syria. Mr. Trump has also approved October 2001 began bombing ban stepped up its resistance to more U.S. forces for Afghanistan, al- raids and eventually invaded the U.S.-backed government in though there is little sign of a quick Afghanistan. The Taliban were Afghanistan and, most crucially, end to a 16-year confl ict that now toppled quickly, but their lead- a new movement calling itself the rates as the longest in U.S. history. ers and bin Laden escaped. Islamic State arose from the rem- The global war on terror, fi rst In the wake of Operation En- nants of the radical resistance to proclaimed by Mr. Bush, shows during Freedom, a democratic the government in Iraq. no signs of winding down anytime government was established in After Syria defi ed Mr. Obama’s soon. Afghanistan. “red line” against chemical weap- Throughout the string of con- Meanwhile, the U.S. response ons use, Russia and Iran provided fl icts that have marked the new to the terrorist threat included new military muscle for Syrian millennium, The Washington the enactment of the Patriot Act THE WASHINGTON TIMES leader Bashar Assad to keep him Times has provided exclusive re- and the establishment of the De- into all-out civil war. the government in Baghdad was predecessor, ended the com- in power. Islamic State exploited ports on policies, plans and pro- partment of Homeland Security. It was only after a much-de- able to re-establish control over bat mission in Iraq and tried a power vacuum to seize broad grams, covering the Pentagon, Mr. Bush then turned his eyes rided “surge” in U.S. forces or- the country. to wind down operations in swaths of Syria and Iraq, attract- the White House and Capitol toward Iraq. Citing intelligence re- dered by Mr. Bush in 2007 that President Obama, promising Afghanistan, scoring a major ing foreign fi ghters from around Hill, as well as events in Af- ports, he and other administration the situation was stabilized and to reverse the policies of his intelligence and security coup the world to its self-proclaimed ghanistan and Iraq.

or its Nov. 8, 2000, publication, The Washington Times tore up its front At the top of their games page four times to report that the An undecided vote presidential election was too close Peers in the trade honor excellent efforts Fto call, that George W. Bush had won, that Al Gore had won (in an unpublished edition) and inning awards is not ⦁ Ernst Haas Awards that, fi nally, the presidential election was too why reporters and ⦁ Free Press Association’s close to call. editors do what they H.L. Mencken Award for In- The Times was not alone. do. Getting the story vestigative Journalism On election night, Mr. Gore conceded defeat to W(and getting it fi rst) is the payoff . ⦁ H.L. Mencken Award Mr. Bush. But around 3:30 a.m. EST, the vice presi- But it’s nice to be recognized by ⦁ J.C. Penney-University of dent placed a second call to the Texas governor. colleagues for jobs well done. Missouri Newspaper Awards “Let me make sure I understand,” Mr. Bush The Washington Times has ⦁ Maryland-Delaware-D.C. said. “You’re calling me back to retract your been honored over the years with Press Association concession?” thousands of national and re- ⦁ Maryland State Bar “You don’t have to get snippy,” Mr. Gore said. gional awards — and this, of Association The election of 2000 sparked the biggest course, is a conservative esti- ⦁ Maryland State Education electoral controversy since Rutherford B. Hayes mate — for outstanding news Association won in 1876 with fewer popular votes than reporting and editing, edito- ⦁ Mason-Dixon Outdoor Samuel J. Tilden. Like the Republican Hayes, rial and column writing, arts Writers Association Mr. Bush received the most votes in the Elec- and features coverage, sports ⦁ National Association of toral College, and like the Democrat Tilden, and special sections, headlines, Realtors Mr. Gore won the majority of popular votes. photography, illustration and ⦁ National Capital Velo A showdown was set into motion, and all page design — not to mention Club eyes turned to Florida, where confusion over what the judges call “overall ⦁ National Council for Chil- “butterfl y ballots” misdirected some residents excellence.” dren’s Rights to vote for candidates they opposed. A partial list of professional ⦁ National Headliner Mr. Gore fi led legal challenges, and during THE WASHINGTON TIMES newspaper associations and Awards fi ve weeks of recriminations and round-the- other groups that have honored ⦁ National Newspaper clock media scrutiny, multiple recounts of Bush — certifi ed the election in favor of her touch-screen voting machines emerged from The Washington Times and its Association paper ballots were conducted, introducing the boss’ brother. the 2000 imbroglio. staff members with top awards ⦁ National Society of News- public to the term “hanging chad.” The U.S. Supreme Court later supported Mr. Bush went on to be re-elected in 2004 in the past 35 years: paper Columnists Florida Secretary of State Katherine Har- her certifi cation, and Mr. Gore dropped his by defeating Sen. John F. Kerry with the majority ⦁ American Association of ⦁ Religion Communicators ris — who had been appointed by Gov. Jeb challenges. Various election reforms such as of the electoral vote and the popular vote. Sunday and Feature Editors Council’s Wilbur Awards ⦁ American Association of ⦁ Religion Newswriters University Professors Association ⦁ American Society of News ⦁ Scripps Howard Founda- Editors tion’s Walker Stone Award ⦁ Associated Press Sports ⦁ Society of American A voice of reason on the border Editors Travel Writers Foundation’s ⦁ Association of Food Lowell Thomas Award for he Washington Times for most illegal immigrants to be Journalists Travel Journalism devoted its pages to im- deported. ⦁ Association of Opinion ⦁ Society for News Design migration coverage long The anti-Trump resistance has Page Editors ⦁ Society of Professional before it was the raging also kicked into gear, with cities ⦁ Atlanta Photojournalism Journalists (Washington Chap- Tnational debate, giving policy- across the country declaring them- Contest ter) Dateline Awards makers in Washington and readers selves “sanctuary” for illegal immi- ⦁ Atrium Awards ⦁ Society of Publication across the country an in-depth grants who fear deportation. ⦁ Benjamin Fine Awards Designers view of the confl ict that has arisen The fi ght has also spread to the for Outstanding Education ⦁ The Robert F. Kennedy between being a nation of immi- courts, where federal judges are Reporting Awards for Excellence in grants and also a nation of laws. playing an ever-increasing role in ⦁ Center for Education Journalism Even as the rest of the news in- trying to limit the powers of the Reform ⦁ Raymond Clapper Memo- dustry has caught up, giving the White House to set immigration ⦁ Chesapeake News Asso- rial Award issue more attention, The Times still priorities. ciation’s Mark Twain Awards ⦁ U.S. Chess Federation stands out with intensive coverage of Along the way, the face of il- ⦁ Chess Journalists of ⦁ Virginia News Photogra- the border, the fi ght over enforcing THE WASHINGTON TIMES legal immigration has changed, America phers Association immigration laws and the costs and A 2014 surge of illegal immi- Mexico pay for it — as he declared with far fewer people jumping ⦁ Conservative Reform ⦁ Virginia Press Association benefi ts of mass immigration. grants from Central America helped during his iconoclastic presidential the border. Mexico’s improving Network ⦁ White House Correspon- From President Clinton’s calls reshape the debate, derailing Presi- campaign in the summer of 2015. economy and tougher penalties ⦁ EdPress: The Association dents’ Association for assimilation to fi ghts in 2006, dent Obama’s late-term push for Now in the White House, Mr. in the U.S. have also shifted the of Educational Publishers ⦁ White House News Pho- 2007 and 2013 over legalizing illegal legalization. Trump has overseen a major change fl ow, with Central Americans — ⦁ Education Writers tographers Association immigrants, to President Trump’s Mr. Trump helped shake up the in immigration policy, ditching the and particularly families and unac- Association ⦁ Scripps Howard Foun- push for stiff er enforcement, The issue further by announcing plans lax enforcement of the Obama years companied minors — making the ⦁ Edwin M. Hood Award for dation’s National Journalism Times has been there. to build a border wall — and make and once again raising the risks treacherous journey. Diplomatic Correspondence Award for Editorial Cartooning C8 | SSPECIALSEC THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 ‘41’ and ‘43’ at the helm for two turning points of history mong the most con- columnist Warren Brookes was among sequential the fi rst national writers to predict that presiden- Mr. Bush’s change of heart would ensure cies cov- his re-election defeat in 1992. ered by The Eight years later, when George W. Washington Bush ran for the presidency, he con- Times were sulted with his father often and proudly the admin- described his political heritage to voters. istrations of “I’ve seen at close range the positive the Republi- impact a leader can have,’’ he said at a can father-and-son team of George H.W. campaign rally. ‘’My dad taught me, in Bush and George W. Bush, who sometimes the way he lived, that life is more than jokinglyA called each other “41” and “43” for personal gain.” their presidential places in history. He defeated Mr. Gore in a tight Both Bushes were wartime presidents, election, after the Supreme Court inter- but they had distinctly diff erent styles of vened in the recount in decisive Florida. leadership and strengths. The son was The Bushes thus became the fi rst father more adept at hardball politics, the fa- and son to hold the presidency since ther more experienced in foreign aff airs. John Quincy Adams followed in the The elder Bush, a former director footsteps of his father, John Adams, of the CIA and vice president for eight more than 150 years earlier. years under Ronald Reagan, captured Both Bushes worried that they might one term in the White House but lost to get emotional at George W. Bush’s inau- Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992. guration in January 2001. The father in- His son, a former governor of Texas, deed wiped away tears as he watched his got a measure of family revenge in 2000 son’s address on the inaugural platform. by defeating Mr. Clinton’s anointed suc- George W. Bush’s fi rst year in offi ce cessor, Vice President Al Gore. George began routinely, but his presidency — W. Bush, who went on to win a second and the world — changed on Sept. 11, term, led the nation through the dark 2001, when Islamist terrorists crashed days of the 9/11 attacks. two commercial jetliners into the World In November 1988, Democrats in- Trade Center in New York. Another creased their majorities in the House hijacked plane slammed into the Pen- and the Senate, but George H.W. Bush tagon; a fourth crashed in a fi eld in won the presidency with 54 percent of Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were the vote, aided by a six-word declara- killed. tion: “Read my lips: No new taxes.” In In the defi ning moment of his presi- doing so, he became the fi rst sitting vice dency, George W. Bush stood on a pile president to advance to the White House of rubble at ground zero and spoke to since Martin Van Buren in 1836. THE WASHINGTON TIMES fi rst responders through a bullhorn after Under George H.W. Bush, the U.S. From the top: President George W. Bush is congratulated by his father, former President George H.W. Bush, aft er his inauguration on Jan. 20, someone shouted that he couldn’t hear military won high-profile victories, 2001; the president and First Lady, Laura Bush, dance at the Inaugural Ball; the President being informed of the 9/11 attacks; he comforts what the president was saying. ousting Panamanian leader Manuel Olympic torch runner Elizabeth Howell, widowed by the World Trade Center attacks; below: the president at a victory rally in 2004. “I can hear you,” Mr. Bush said. “The Noriega in 1989 and driving Iraqi forces rest of the world hears you. And the out of Kuwait in January 1991 in a light- people who knocked these buildings ning-quick operation, Desert Storm, down will hear all of us soon.” six weeks of air assaults followed by He launched an invasion of Afghani- a ground invasion that lasted only 100 stan, where Osama bin Laden and his al hours. Qaeda network had plotted the attack. Mr. Bush displayed impressive lead- Then, fearing that Iraqi President Sad- ership and diplomatic skills in assem- dam Hussein had acquired weapons of bling the largest multinational force mass destruction to use against the U.S., since World War II to liberate Kuwait Mr. Bush authorized the invasion of Iraq from the clutches of Iraqi President in March 2003. Saddam was toppled, Saddam Hussein. Army Gen. “Stor- but the war would be long and costly, min’” Norman Schwarzkopf led a fl aw- and no WMDs were found. U.S. troops lessly executed military operation that remained in the country until 2011, three brought international attention to the years after Mr. Bush left offi ce. lifelong soldier — and partly redeemed Mr. Bush enacted large tax cuts in America’s defeat in Vietnam. 2001 and 2003. He also signed a popu- Bolstered by those successes, George lar, and expensive, prescription drug H.W. Bush’s popularity rose to 89 per- program under Medicare Part D. cent in March 1991. His re-election 20 As his presidency came to an end, months later seemed almost a certainty. the U.S. was hit with a severe reces- But conservatives began to sour on sion, prompting Mr. Bush to approve him after he broke his “no new taxes” the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief pledge in 1990 in a budget deal with Program bank bailout, unpopular with congressional Democrats, enacting conservatives but generally credited one of the largest tax increases in the with preventing the recession from country’s history. Washington Times worsening.

THE WASHINGTON TIMES President George W. Bush bows before the casket aft er delivering his eulogy during the state funeral service for Ronald Reagan at the National Cathedral in Washington on June 11, 2004. Former President George H.W. Bush shares a laugh with his wife, Barbara, as their son delivers a presidential speech during the commissioning ceremony of the Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the USS George H.W. Bush in 2009. How I became a ‘Horrible fellow’

BY RALPH Z. HALLOW plane. I turned to The Post reporter and Washington Times named Ralph Hal- THE WASHINGTON TIMES asked, “What ... was that all about?” He low — misspelled as “Hallo” — and he said: “He didn’t like today’s story.” Bush basically said: “He was the fi rst to call me he Democrats tell me they tend often thought I was hard on on Iran-Contra, but he wrote to want to read what I’ve written him. I presume he thought that a fair story.” I was on a trip because it gives them the best was somewhat unfair because to California at the time, but idea of where Republicans, par- The Times — a conservative when I got back, Wes Pruden Tticularly conservatives, want to go and and Republican newspaper, in had pasted a sign, set in 72- what their strategy is. his view — should be kind to point headline type, on my I came to The Times when Anne him. I tried not to let him get computer in the newsroom: Crutcher, the fi rst editorial page editor, away with nonsense, pulling “Horrible fellow.” invited me to be her deputy when the the wool over people’s eyes. The president’s son, newspaper started. I was on the Chicago If a policy he proposed, or his George W. Bush, declared Tribune’s editorial board, and before that speeches, didn’t track with his candidacy for the job in at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. After a conservative principles he June 1999, and I went out on THE WASHINGTON TIMES while, Smith Hempstone asked if I’d help espoused, I’d seek out other the offi cial launch trip. The Left : President George H.W. Bush; above: President George W. Bush in the Oval Offi ce strengthen economic coverage, and I said people in his party to com- Bush people fi nally invited on the 100th day of his fi rst term. sure. So I did that on the business desk ment candidly. That irked him. me down at the end of the for a while and then was asked to move Just before President Bush summer to the governor’s because he always traveled with his fa- the interview. He had no note cards. He over to the national desk to do politics. left offi ce in January 1993, some of his mansion in Austin for a private, sit-down ther’s campaigns, but I’d never really sat laid out for the fi rst time positions that The elder George Bush, when I was taped diaries as vice president were made interview. I think that was the fi rst one down and talked. I didn’t think he knew he stuck with throughout the campaign covering his campaign for the Republi- public. Seems that every paper had the that he did. I spent about an hour and a much about international and foreign — and as president — on China, Russia, can nomination in 1988, gave me a fake story on Page One, with his 1986 entry half with him. aff airs, or was much of a policy guy. I economic policy. We published a tran- karate chop the fi rst time I boarded the about this “horrible fellow” from The I’d known George W. Bush for years, was blown away by the way he handled script and did a long story on Page One. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 SSPECIALSEC | C9

The Clinton/Obama nexis

his suicide in 1993. Travelgate — a Clinton scheme President to fi re White House Travel Offi ce personnel and award lucrative travel contracts to a Hollywood crony. Bill Clinton Troopergate — Mr. Clinton’s use of Arkansas state troopers he Washington Times to procure women and conceal distinguished itself his peccadilloes when he was in its coverage of Bill governor. Clinton, even before “Bimbo eruptions” — as one he declared his presi- Clinton operative described dential candidacy, by the president’s indiscretions — fi rst reporting widespread accu- plagued Mr. Clinton throughout sationsT of marital infi delities by his tenure, and several women told the then-governor in his home of highly charged encounters with state of Arkansas. him: Paula Corbin Jones, Gennifer Mr. Clinton’s formative years Flowers, Kathleen Willey. Yet his as a collegiate war protester, draft presidency was almost undone evader, Moscow tourist and party by a young White House intern animal at Oxford came to light in named Monica Lewinsky. exclusive reports in The Times. On Ms. Lewinsky’s midnight con- his use of marijuana, he said he had fessions, which were recorded tried it but “didn’t inhale.” by her friend and former White Nonetheless, Mr. Clinton won House staffer Linda Tripp, election in 1992 in what was essen- prompted another special-counsel tially a three-way contest among investigation that made a house- himself, President George H.W. hold name of Kenneth Starr. Bush and Texas billionaire H. Ross Based on Mr. Starr’s fi ndings, Perot. the House impeached the presi- Before he assumed offi ce, The dent on two charges in December Times reported about his plans to THE WASHINGTON TIMES 1998 — only the second time Con- allow homosexuals to serve openly reform health care and abuses of Gingrich speaker of the House. investigation that netted 14 convic- the most ethical ever, gave rise to gress had taken such action. The in the military, which eventually power by mostly Democratic lead- But a failed Arkansas land deal tions, including Arkansas Gov. Jim a trio of “-gate” scandals: Senate acquitted Mr. Clinton of morphed into the Pentagon’s “don’t ers — all chronicled by The Times called Whitewater brought Mr. Guy Tucker and close associates Filegate — the disappearance perjury and obstruction of justice ask, don’t tell” policy. — spawned a Republican take- Clinton more disappointment. of the Clintons’. What’s more, the of Whitewater fi les from the offi ce in January 1999. Voter discontent with that plan, over of Congress in the 1994 mid- The Times’ coverage of White- Clinton administration, which the of Deputy White House Counsel Still, Mr. Clinton was disbarred the president’s failed attempt to term election, making Rep. Newt water prompted a special-counsel president had promised would be Vincent Foster immediately after and forced to pay a $25,000 fi ne. Hillary always in a league of her own

illary Clinton has few rivals when it comes to dominating headlines in The Washing- ton Times for the past 35 years, as the paper’s report- ers investigated and chroni- cled her many ups and downs. HHer lifetime in the public eye un- folded in The Times’ pages, from her promi- nent role in the successful 1992 presidential campaign of husband Bill Clinton to her own repeated failed runs for the White House, capped with a stunning upset loss last year to novice politician Donald Trump. It has been a roller coaster, and The Times has been there for every twist and turn — not just along for the ride but push- to the deadly terrorist attack in Benghazi to ing forward Mrs. Clinton’s story by exposing her grueling and ultimately heartbreaking the truth behind her public persona. 2016 presidential bid that may have ended Whether it was her backroom fury over her political career. her husband’s Oval Offi ce sexcapades with Mrs. Clinton was as prominent on the THE WASHINGTON TIMES Monica Lewinsky or revelations of classi- editorial pages as in the news section. Clockwise from top left : Th en-Senator Clinton debating Senator Barack Obama in 2008; fi ed material bandied about in her secret After she went from being fi rst lady to Secretary Clinton testifying at the Benghazi hearings; campaigning for president in 2016. private email account as secretary of state, Sen. Clinton in 2001, Editor in Chief Wesley The Times drove the coverage. Pruden, in one of his twice-weekly columns, The Times was front and center for careful note of the history she was making. With exposes and analyses, The Times described her as “abandoning her role as Mrs. Clinton’s many milestones, including “Tonight’s victory is not about one per- dogged Mrs. Clinton from the misadventure America’s sweetheart to become the gray when she broke through the proverbial son. It belongs to generations of women of “HillaryCare” in 1993 to her easy wins of eminence of Gotham.” glass ceiling to become the fi rst woman to and men who struggled and sacrifi ced a U.S. Senate seat from New York, from the That was one of his kinder descriptions win a major party nomination for president. and made the moment possible,” she said racially tinged feud with Barack Obama in of Mrs. Clinton, who was always a lightning The paper’s political team followed in her acceptance speech, as she earned 2008 to her political rebound as secretary rod for controversy and a favorite subject her every move at the 2016 Democratic another banner headline on the front page of state, and from the lackluster response of many of the paper’s opinion makers. National Convention in Philadelphia, taking of The Times.

he Washington Times stood out with its wake of mass shootings. The Times provided detailed coverage of Barack Obama, reporting ex- coverage of each instance, including in-depth, on-the- tensively on his meteoric rise from commu- Barack Obama makes history ground coverage of the president’s visit to Newtown, nity organizer and state senator in Illinois Connecticut, following the massacre at Sandy Hook to the 44th president of the United States. recovery and foreign policy missteps that led to the The contentious health-care battle also gave rise Elementary School in late 2012. Mr. Obama, whose associations as a rise of the Islamic State and allowed a bloody civil war to the tea party movement that upended Democratic Mr. Obama, who had failed to build true relation- young man in Chicago with left-wing radicals such as in Syria to claim thousands of lives. control of Congress in the 2010 midterms, delivered ships with Republican leaders during his fi rst term, BillT Ayers and controversial fi gures such as Rev. Jer- Perhaps the most notable political legacy of Mr. Republican majorities, and sewed the seeds for the defi ned his fi nal four years in offi ce by executive action. emiah Wright would later become political liabilities, Obama’s tenure is the health-care reform law that political rise of Donald Trump. On immigration, the Times was consistently at based his presidential ambitions on his opposition to bears his name. The Times covered the Aff ordable In Mr. Obama’s fi rst term, the Times also repeat- the forefront of Mr. Obama’s proposals to grant legal the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. His strong edly broke stories on: The “Fast and Furi- status to young illegal immigrants, or Dreamers, along stance against the confl ict would prove ous” gun-running scandal that put Attorney with the administration’s highly selective enforcement a winning issue for the Illinois senator General Eric Holder in the crosshairs; Mr. of deportation laws and other examples of executive in his triumph over Hillary Clinton, who Obama’s failure to institute a tax on carbon power on the hot-button issue. had voted in favor of the invasion, in the emissions; and the bankruptcies of Obama- On other issues throughout his second term, from party primary. backed companies such as Solyndra that had gun control to climate change to workplace regulations, The fi nancial collapse during the tail taken hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars Mr. Obama bragged of using his “pen and phone” to end of the Bush administration also gave only to go belly up. achieve things with no help from Congress. Mr. Obama a leg up in the general elec- In May 2012, Mr. Obama publicly came out The president also secured a landmark deal in Paris tion as voters turned against the GOP and in 2015 to curb global greenhouse looked to Democrats to pull the economy gas emissions, his most notable out of a tailspin. achievement on the environment. Mr. Obama won the presidency con- That same year, the U.S. and its al- vincingly in November 2008, becoming lies signed an agreement to curb the nation’s fi rst black president after Iran’s nuclear program in exchange besting Republican Sen. John McCain in for the lifting of economic sanc- a campaign that saw him attract record tions. Both stories were covered crowds for political rallies and become extensively in The Times. perhaps the nation’s fi rst true celebrity Also in 2015, Mr. Obama candidate, even traveling to Europe to ended decades of U.S. policy by deliver a high-profi le speech. The Times formally reopening traditional covered that campaign relentlessly, even diplomatic relations with Cuba. being kicked off of Mr. Obama’s plane dur- He later visited the island. ing the home stretch of the election after THE WASHINGTON TIMES Amid those seeming foreign a Times editorial endorsing Mr. McCain. Clockwise from top: President-elect Barack Obama is sworn in as policy successes, however, were After his win, Mr. Obama brought with the 44th president of the United States; the new fi rst couple attend blunders. Mr. Obama infamously him to Washington a Democratic Congress, the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention drew a “red line” with Syrian Presi- including a fi libuster-proof Senate. They Center; candidate Obama at a rally in Pittsburg in 2008. dent Bashar Assad over the use of quickly delivered a massive $787 billion chemical weapons, but failed to recovery package with just a handful of enforce it, and the country’s civil Republican votes. Care Act — or Obamacare — from its early delibera- in favor of same-sex marriage in a culturally defi ning war dragged on. Mr. Obama also made repairing U.S. relations with tions on Capitol Hill, through an ugly party-line vote moment for his presidency. In the summer of 2013, Mr. Obama launched the global community, which he said were badly dam- in 2010, to a botched rollout in 2013 that proved to be In November of that year, two months after four airstrikes against the Islamic State, which had made aged by the Iraq War, a top goal. The world responded perhaps the president’s greatest embarrassment. The Americans were killed at a diplomatic compound in massive gains in both Iraq and Syria. The air cam- by giving him a Nobel Peace Prize just months after Times has continued covering the fallout of the law, Benghazi, Libya, he won re-election over Republican paign continued for the remainder of his presidency, his election. which continues to this day, including two landmark Mitt Romney. and the failure to contain the radical Islamic group But as time wore on, Mr. Obama’s administra- Supreme Court cases that upheld the constitutionality Throughout his tenure, Mr. Obama sometimes was became yet another major talking point for Mr. tion would be bogged down by a sluggish economic of the program. forced to play the role of “comforter in chief,” often in the Trump’s 2016 run. C10 | SSPECIALSEC THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017

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