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Tom Lasseter is the Moscow bureau chief, reporting in Russia and a stretch of mid-Asian countries reaching to Pakistan. Before this posting, he spent much of 2003 to 2006 covering the war in Iraq, and reported extensively about the U.S. military, insurgent groups, militias and other security matters.
Lasseter grew up in Atlanta and attended the University of Georgia.
In 2005, he won the John E. Drewry Award for young journalists from the University of Georgia. Knight Ridder recognized his war coverage with a Journalism Excellence Award in 2005. The Overseas Press Club awarded Lasseter and two colleagues from the Baghdad bureau its Hal Boyle Award for best newspaper reporting from abroad in 2005.
Tom Lasseter's Latest Story
U.S., Russia agree to missile cuts, but tensions remain
By Tom Lasseter | McClatchy Newspapers
Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev on Monday agreed to cut up to a third of the nuclear warheads in their strategic arsenals, but acknowledged that disagreements linger about a proposed U.S. missile defense shield. » read more
Posted on Mon, July 6, 2009
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Tom Lasseter's Recent Stories
· Obama in Moscow: Can tense relationship be 'reset'?
07/05/2009 02:27 pm EDT
· Flood of Afghan heroin fuels drug plague in Russia
06/29/2009 12:00 am EDT
· Russia treats drug addicts with lasers or quarantine
06/29/2009 12:00 am EDT
· U.S.-built bridge is windfall — for illegal Afghan drug trade
06/28/2009 12:45 am EDT
· Afghan drug trade thrives with help, and neglect, of officials
05/10/2009 12:00 am EDT
· West looked the other way as Afghan drug trade exploded
05/10/2009 12:00 am EDT
· Karzai's brother threatened McClatchy writer reporting Afghan drug story
05/10/2009 12:00 am EDT
· Only small-time Afghan drug dealers serve time
05/10/2009 12:00 am EDT
· This RSS feed has moved
04/14/2009 01:42 pm EDT
· Russian advice: More troops won't help in Afghanistan
03/09/2009 03:04 pm EDT
· Russia outmaneuvered U.S. over air base, analysts say
03/05/2009 04:24 pm EDT
· Kyrgyz parliament OKs closing air base that's crucial to U.S.
02/19/2009 10:34 am EDT
· The bloom is off Europe's Rose and Orange revolutions
02/12/2009 06:36 pm EDT
· A Ukraine mystery: Who did Russian gas sales benefit?
02/11/2009 05:44 pm EDT
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