Dan Lamothe
Washington, D.C.
Covers the U.S. military and Pentagon
Education: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, BA in journalism; University of Maryland at College Park, master's in journalism
Dan Lamothe joined The Washington Post in 2014 to cover the U.S. military. He has written about the Armed Forces for more than 15 years, traveling extensively, embedding with five branches of service and covering combat in Afghanistan.
A native of Chicopee, Mass., Lamothe began writing for professional newspapers in high school, and his enthusiasm for it grew while attending the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. As an undergraduate, he was deeply involved at The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, the student newspaper on campus, and led its newsroom as managing editor as a senior.
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