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Presisent & CEO, The New American Foundation; Author

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    The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century

    Steve Coll

    Journalist Steve Coll discusses the inspiration and research behind his book. Read More

    July 24, 2008   |  In Politics & Policy

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    Osama bin Laden: Past, Present, and Future

    Steve Coll

    Steve Coll discusses bin Laden's family life, upbringing, and possible whereabouts. Read More

    July 24, 2008   |  In Politics & Policy

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    American Intelligence

    Steve Coll

    Steve Coll weighs in on the current state of American Intelligence. Read More

    July 24, 2008   |  In Politics & Policy, World

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    The Journalistic Community

    Steve Coll

    Steve Coll debates the challenges facing print culture today and reminisces about his personal experiences. Read More

    July 24, 2008   |  In Media & Internet

User_rccl_3aa118824 Steve Coll is President & CEO of New America Foundation, and a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine. Previously he spent 20 years as a foreign correspondent and senior editor at The Washington Post, serving as the paper's managing editor from 1998 to 2004. He is the author of six books, including The Deal of the Century: The Break Up of AT&T (1986); The Taking of Getty Oil (1987); Eagle on the Street, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the SEC's battle with Wall Street (with David A. Vise, 1991); On the Grand Trunk Road: A Journey into South Asia (1994), Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (2004); and The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century (2008).

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