Tom Squitieri (born August 25, 1953) is an American journalist, public speaker, and public relations specialist. Since January 2018, he has been the Pentagon correspondent for Red Snow News. Squitieri was an award-winning reporter with ''

USA Today ''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgini ...

''. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, he reported from

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as well as

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Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

and

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. Other experience included presidential and congressional campaigns in 2000 and

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, Capitol Hill, various

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and political scandals, crime, drugs, arms smuggling and lead reporting on breaking news stories. Foreign assignments include an array of conflicts around the world, including the 1989 Panama invasion, Haiti (1991–1997), Northern Ireland, 1991

Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...

(Iran, Iraq, Turkey), Moldova (1992), former Yugoslavia (1992–1996),

Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...

and

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(1993–1994), Central Asia and Afghanistan (2001–2003), Iraq (2003–2004). Squitieri was forced to resign from ''USA Today'' in May 2005 after a dispute over attribution of quotes he reported in a story revealing Pentagon failures to properly up-armor vehicles in Iraq. Since leaving ''USA Today'', Squitieri has written columns for the Foreign Policy Association, The Hill, and ''U.S. News & World Report''. He also was an adjunct professor at Washington and Jefferson College and at American University. Squitieri wrote three articles for the ''Huffington Post'' in 2011 that were later deleted for "not adequately disclos nga material conflict of interest." ''Salon'' claimed he had obfuscated his employment with Qorvis Communications, a company that is registered as a pro-Bahrain lobbyist in the US. Each article contained this reader's note: "Tom Squitieri is a journalist and is also working with the Bahrain government on media awareness."

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Squitieri, Tom 1953 births Living people American war correspondents War correspondents of the Iraq War War correspondents of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Foreign correspondents in Africa American broadcast news analysts Washington & Jefferson College alumni American political journalists