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Lesley Clark covers the White House for McClatchy Newspapers.
She arrived in Washington in 2006 as a regional reporter for the Miami Herald, and later the Bradenton Herald as well. She was assigned to cover the White House in July 2011.
Before coming to Washington, she worked for the Miami Herald in Tallahassee and Miami, covering state government and politics. She was a contributor to the Herald's Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting in 2000 and a contributor to the Herald's coverage of the earthquake in Haiti, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer.
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Lesley Clark's Latest Story
Obama speech suggests possible expansion of drone killings
By Lesley Clark and Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Washington Bureau
President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his administration’s use of drone strikes to kill terrorists as effective, lawful and “heavily constrained,” but he also appeared to be laying groundwork for an expansion of the controversial targeted killings. » read more
Posted on Thu, May 23, 2013
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