David Martin
David Martin
/ CBSDavid Martin has been CBS News' national security correspondent, covering the Pentagon and the State Department, since 1993. In that capacity, he has reported virtually every major defense, intelligence and international affairs story for the "CBS Evening News," as well as for other broadcasts, including "60 Minutes" and "48 Hours." He also contributed to "60 Minutes Wednesday."
During the invasion of Afghanistan and the war in Iraq, Martin's in-depth knowledge of how the State Department, intelligence community and military operate, both on the battlefield and in Washington, positioned him as the "big picture" reporter for CBS News. Utilizing his own sources and reports from CBS News correspondents in the region and around the world, as well as in Washington, he explained and assessed the military's strategies and operations for viewers.
Martin broke several significant stories before and during the Iraq war. He was the first to report, on the opening night of the war, that the U.S. was launching a strike on a palace bunker in southern Baghdad in an attempt to take out Saddam Hussein. Martin also broke the story of the military's "shock and awe" strategy for its initial strike on Baghdad. During a trip to Iraq in May 2003, he was the first journalist to visit and report on Dora Farms, where Saddam was said by the CIA to have been hiding on the opening night of the war.
Martin has received several Emmys, most recently in 2010 for his story "The Battle of Wanat." He also has received two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards in three years (2002 and 2004) for his body of work, most of which has appeared on the "CBS Evening News" and "60 Minutes Wednesday."
Regarding the first Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award, the award committee said that his "consistently excellent reporting on the beat of national security hit its peak this year....break[ing] news on a wide range of defense and security stories with details that only experience and doggedness can ferret out. This is exemplary reporting that repeatedly breaks through the barriers of official statements."
In awarding the second DuPont, the committee said, "David Martin's reports on the Pentagon, the military build-up to the Iraq war and on the war itself demonstrate his exceptional grasp of national security issues. Teamed with his long-time producer, Mary Walsh, Martin consistently breaks new information with clear reporting on the Pentagon's goals. He exemplifies the role of a journalist: to measure what we are being told against what we find out."
Martin also received the 2004 Joan S. Barone Award for excellence in Washington-based national affairs and public policy reporting awarded by the Washington Radio & Television Correspondents' Association.
He joined CBS News as its Pentagon correspondent in 1983. Martin's duties later expanded to include the State Department and intelligence beats.
Before that, he covered defense and intelligence matters for Newsweek magazine from its Washington bureau (1977-83). Martin was a reporter with the Associated Press in Washington (1973-77), covering the FBI and CIA. He also was a member of the AP special assignment team (1977).
Martin began his journalism career as a researcher for CBS News in New York in 1969. He then became a news writer with the AP broadcast wire (1971-72) and a fellow at the Washington Journalism Center (1973).
Martin is the author of two books, "Wilderness of Mirrors" (Harper & Row, 1980), an account of the secret wars between the CIA and KGB, and "Best Laid Plans: The Inside Story of America's War Against Terrorism" (Harper & Row, 1988).
He was born July 28, 1943 in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Yale University in 1965 with a bachelor's degree in English. During the Vietnam war, Martin served as an officer aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer.
Martin and his wife, Dr. Elinor Martin, live in Chevy Chase, Md. They have four children.
I meet you a few years ago at the Friday Night dinners for our Wounded Warriors.
Why won't any National New media cover this story?
Please take a minute from your busy day to watch and then say a prayer for his safe return.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCbwkcPb2o4
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, was captured by the Taliban in Paktika Providence, Afghanistan on June 30, 2009. He was moved into the Tribal Region of Pakistan soon after.
Bowe Bergdahl is still alive, he is being held captive and, if he were not considered of value by the Taliban, he would have been executed. The Taliban is asking for the release of 21 Afghan prisoners and Aafia Siddiqui that the United States has custody of in exchange for Bowe Bergdahl. The President or the Secretary-of-State are the only ones that can make the decision and order the appropriate action be taken.
Since we are now out of Iraq and very soon our troops will be leaving Afghanistan we should be writing letters to our Senators and Congressman demanding that action be taken to bring Bowe Bergdahl home now!
Our service men and woman are putting their lives on the line every day for US, we should never leave anyone behind.
Respectfully,
Patrick J. Hughes U.S.M.C. ChuLai 67-68
610-529-6440 Cell
www.patrickjhughes.org
YouTube: mag12chulai
God Bless America
Please take a minute from your busy day to watch and then say a prayer for his safe return.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCbwkcPb2o4
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, was captured by the Taliban in Paktika Providence, Afghanistan on June 30, 2009. He was moved into the Tribal Region of Pakistan soon after.
Bowe Bergdahl is still alive, he is being held captive and, if he were not considered of value by the Taliban, he would have been executed. The Taliban is asking for the release of 21 Afghan prisoners and Aafia Siddiqui that the United States has custody of in exchange for Bowe Bergdahl. The President or the Secretary-of-State are the only ones that can make the decision and order the appropriate action be taken.
Since we are now out of Iraq and very soon our troops will be leaving Afghanistan we should be writing letters to our Senators and Congressman demanding that action be taken to bring Bowe Bergdahl home now!
Our service men and woman are putting their lives on the line every day for US, we should never leave anyone behind.
Respectfully,
Patrick J. Hughes U.S.M.C. ChuLai 67-68
610-529-6440 Cell
www.patrickjhughes.org
YouTube: mag12chulai
God Bless America
Perhaps David Martin would write a response in a letter to the editor.
i am another parent of a soldier that went to iraq in 2204 and there was a 20/20 piece done on him and his other army buddies that are disabled from the war, my son 100% disabled, and trying still to fit into a society who sent and was proud to go as his family generations did before him. We are at a point 7 1/2 years laters of where do we turn, how have they forgotten about all who came back wounded but we continue to send money to their country when our own soldiers need and want help here in the great united states of america- all without answers. there are many of us still trying to cope and get thru each day, as we say take each day as it comes, not a week or month or year just day by day years later.The soldiers story of alcohol and being alone is in many cases a side effect of ther hell they were in for their tour of duty!
I rely on CBS to report responsibly and accurately, and in this case I
suspect otherwise.
I would appreciate a correction or explaination for David Martin and CBS connecting the actionable intelligence that helped the US kill Bin Laden to Waterboarding.
Otherwise, please prove me wrong, so that I can be a correctly informed citizen.
Thank you,
Respectfully,
Disappointed viewer