Vernon F. Loeb is an American journalist and book author. Before being named managing editor at the ''

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'' Loeb was Metro Editor at the ''Washington Post.'' He is co-author of the books ''King's Counsel: A Memoir of War, Espionage, and Diplomacy in the Middle East'' with Jack O'Connell, '' All In: The Education of General David Petraeus'' with Paula Broadwell,Silva-Braga, Brook (12 November 2012)
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'' and ''Good Hunting: An American Spymaster's Story'' with Jack Devine.

Life and career

Loeb began his career at ''

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'' in 1978. In 1994, Loeb joined ''

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'' as a city reporter. In 2004 he became California investigations editor at the ''

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''. In 2007, he returned to ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' and in 2011, returned to ''The Washington Post'' where he covered the Defense Department, and wrote a biweekly column called ''IntelligenCIA'' covering the

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. Loeb and his ''Washington Post'' co-author Susan Schmidt, along with '' Baltimore Sun'' columnist Gary Dorsey, wrote the first stories about the rescue of United States Army Private Jessica Lynch in 2003. The details of the story were later found to be inaccurate and part of a propaganda campaign by

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. He is married to broadcast journalist Patricia Ford "Pat" Loeb. They have four children.

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