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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
Medvedev calls for overhauling Russia's 'primitive economy'
By Tom Lasseter | McClatchy Newspapers
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called Thursday for a bold overhaul of his nation's economy, saying that Russia must remedy its "primitive economy" and "humiliating dependence on raw materials." » read more
Posted on Thu, November 12, 2009
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