Dan Lamothe is a national security writer at The Washington Post focused on covering the U.S. military,  its people, and its operations. He has covered the Armed Forces for more than 15 years, traveling extensively, shadowing senior U.S. defense officials at home and abroad, and embedding with U.S. troops everywhere from the battlefields of Afghanistan to the ice floes of the Arctic Ocean. 

Lamothe, has been with The Washington Post since 2014, and previously reported for Foreign Policy magazine and the independent Military Times newspaper chain. He has appeared frequently on national  television and radio networks, including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and NPR. He began his journalism career with The Republican, the major daily newspaper in western Massachusetts. 

Lamothe’s reporting was included in stories that earned The Post the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its deep examination of the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He also has been  recognized with several awards by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation for his depictions of U.S. troops in combat. 

A native of Chicopee, Mass., Lamothe is a graduate of journalism programs at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the University of Maryland, College Park. He lives in Alexandria, Va., with his wife, Katie, and their rescue dog, Pedro.

Dan's discussion is titled "War and Politics."