Karen J. DeYoung
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Karen DeYoung, author of Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell, is senior diplomatic correspondent and an associate editor of The Washington Post.
From 1990 to 1999, she served as assistant managing editor for national news, for 10 years directing the Post's award-winning coverage of the White House, Congress and national policies and politics as well as the paper's domestic bureaus. From 1977 through 1988, she worked for the foreign news operation, as bureau chief for Latin America, foreign editor, and bureau chief in London.
DeYoung joined the Post in 1975 after working as a non-staff stringer in West Africa. She grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida and holds a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Florida. She lives with her husband and two children in Washington, D.C.
Articles by Karen J. DeYoung
Berlin Rally Is Off-Limits for Embassy Workers (July 24, 2008)
Obama Shifts the Foreign Policy Debate (July 23, 2008)
Baghdad Embassy Has Its Hands Full With Hill Visitors (July 18, 2008)
U.S., Iraq Scale Down Negotiations Over Forces (July 13, 2008)
Ex-Secretaries Suggest New War Powers Policy (July 9, 2008)
Maliki Suggests U.S. Troop Timetable (July 8, 2008)
U.S. Embassy Cites Progress in Iraq (July 2, 2008)
GAO Report Faults Post-'Surge' Planning (June 24, 2008)
Candidates Clash on Terrorism (June 18, 2008)
Iraqi Official: Security Pact Altered (June 18, 2008)
Key Iraqi Leaders Deliver Setbacks to U.S. (June 14, 2008)
Iraqis Condemn American Demands (June 11, 2008)
Iraq May Request Extension For U.S. (June 6, 2008)
U.S. Africa Command Trims Its Aspirations (June 1, 2008)
Intelligence Official Sees Little Progress Before Bush Exits (May 31, 2008)
IG Is Named To Scrutinize Afghan Efforts (May 30, 2008)
Citing Its Resources, Iraq Appeals for Development Partners (May 29, 2008)
Grand Jury Probes Blackwater Shootings (May 28, 2008)
Petraeus Expects to Recommend Troop Cuts in Iraq This Fall (May 23, 2008)
Cuba Reemerges as Issue at White House and on Campaign Trail (May 22, 2008)
Petraeus: Diplomacy, Not Force, With Iran (May 22, 2008)
Iraq Finds Its Arab Neighbors Are Reluctant to Offer Embrace (May 16, 2008)
McCain Sees U.S. Troops Leaving Iraq by 2013 (May 16, 2008)
Gates: U.S. Should Engage Iran With Incentives, Pressure (May 15, 2008)
U.S. Airstrike Kills Somali Accused of Links to Al-Qaeda (May 2, 2008)
U.N.'s Envoy To Afghanistan Sees Threats To Progress (April 29, 2008)
Iraq's Neighbors Noncommittal on Aiding Government (April 23, 2008)
Rice: Officials Advised Carter Not to Meet With Hamas (April 22, 2008)
Iraq Wants U.S. to Compromise More on Security Deals (April 22, 2008)
Rice Praises 'Coalescing Center' in Iraqi Politics (April 21, 2008)
U.S. Effort To Rebuild From War Criticized (April 18, 2008)
Diplomats Warned of Possible Mandatory Service in Iraq (April 16, 2008)
Iran Top Threat To Iraq, U.S. Says (April 12, 2008)
U.S., Iraq Negotiating Security Agreements (April 11, 2008)
Bush Backs Petraeus on Indefinite Suspension of Troop Pullout in Iraq (April 11, 2008)
Next President Will Discover If U.S. Footprint Stabilizes Iraq (April 10, 2008)
Senior Al-Qaeda Commander Believed to Be Dead (April 10, 2008)
Frustrated Senators See No Exit Signs (April 9, 2008)
Petraeus, Crocker Testify Before Impatient Lawmakers (April 8, 2008)
Congress To Hear Of Gains In Iraq (April 8, 2008)
Kennedy and Levin Want New Report on Iraq Released (April 4, 2008)
Bin Laden Took Part in 1986 Arms Deal, Book Says (April 1, 2008)
U.S. Has Little Influence, Few Options in Iraq's Volatile South (March 29, 2008)
U.S. to Stop Green Card Denials for Dissidents (March 27, 2008)
Bush Says War's Outcome 'Will Merit the Sacrifice' (March 25, 2008)
Stalwart Service for U.S. in Iraq Is Not Enough to Gain Green Card (March 23, 2008)
Stalwart Service for U.S. in Iraq Is Not Enough to Gain Green Card (March 23, 2008)
Clinton's Experience Is Debated (March 21, 2008)
In Hillary Clinton's Datebook, A Shift (March 20, 2008)
Five Years In Iraq (March 19, 2008)
Five Years In Iraq (March 19, 2008)
Public Is Less Aware of Iraq Casualties, Study Finds (March 13, 2008)
Blackwater's Employment Investigated (March 11, 2008)
Ex-Defense Official Assails Colleagues Over Run-Up to War (March 9, 2008)
Officials Lean Toward Keeping Next Iraq Assessment Secret (March 7, 2008)
No Need for Lawmakers' Approval of Iraq Pact, U.S. Reasserts (March 6, 2008)
Obama Tends Toward Mainstream on Foreign Policy (March 3, 2008)
In Pact, U.S. Won't Commit to Protecting Iraq (February 7, 2008)
U.S., Poland Closer to Deal on Missile Defense (February 2, 2008)
Al-Qaeda Figure Is Killed in Pakistan (February 1, 2008)
Papers Paint New Portrait of Iraq's Foreign Insurgents (January 21, 2008)
Allies Feel Strain of Afghan War (January 15, 2008)
For U.S., The Goal Is Now 'Iraqi Solutions' (January 10, 2008)
Diplomats Give Rice Low Marks (January 8, 2008)
A Darker Shade Of Green Zone (January 5, 2008)
Iran Cited In Iraq's Decline in Violence (December 23, 2007)
Sanctions Against Cuba Are Excessive, GAO Says (December 20, 2007)
All Iraqi Groups Blame U.S. Invasion for Discord, Study Shows (December 19, 2007)
Violence in Iraq Still Falling, but Pace of Decline Slows (December 18, 2007)
Balkanized Homecoming (December 16, 2007)
U.S. to Cut 10 Percent of Diplomatic Posts Next Year (December 13, 2007)
U.S. Plans to Form Job Corps For Iraqi Security Volunteers (December 7, 2007)
State Dept. Contractors In Iraq Are Reined In (December 6, 2007)
U.S. Envoy, After Tour of Iraq, Seeks End to Political Impasse (December 2, 2007)
Iraqis' Quality of Life Marked By Slow Gains, Many Setbacks (November 30, 2007)
U.S. Notes Limited Progress in Afghan War (November 25, 2007)
State Dept. Won't Order Diplomats to Iraq (November 16, 2007)
Contractors' Actions Labeled Unjustified (November 15, 2007)
FBI Concludes Blackwater Killings Unjustified (November 14, 2007)
Forced Iraq Postings 'May Be Necessary' (November 11, 2007)
Abbas Sees Palestinian State Soon Achievable (November 6, 2007)
Rice Says U.S. Will Review Aid To Pakistan (November 5, 2007)
In Mideast, Rice Pushes Annapolis Talks (November 5, 2007)
Iraq Pledges Action on Kurdish Guerrillas, Warns Turkey Against Force (November 4, 2007)
Turkey Urges U.S. To Take Action on Kurdish Violence (November 3, 2007)
Envoys Resist Forced Iraq Duty (November 1, 2007)
Senior Democrats Want Blackwater Case Details (October 31, 2007)
Immunity Jeopardizes Iraq Probe (October 30, 2007)
Turkey Pulls U.S. Into Decision on Kurds (October 27, 2007)
State Dept. To Order Diplomats To Iraq (October 27, 2007)
On Hill, Rice Talks About Blackwater (October 26, 2007)
State Dept. Ousts Its Chief of Security (October 25, 2007)
Security Firms in Iraq Face New Rules (October 24, 2007)
State Department Struggles To Oversee Private Army (October 21, 2007)
Reconstruction In Iraq at a Crawl, Auditor Reports (October 19, 2007)
Corruption in Iraq 'Pernicious,' State Dept. Official Says (October 16, 2007)
Al-Qaeda In Iraq Reported Crippled (October 15, 2007)
Blackwater Faces New Monitoring From State Dept. (October 6, 2007)
Blackwater Faulted In Military Reports From Shooting Scene (October 5, 2007)
Federal Guards to Protect Agents in Blackwater Investigation (October 4, 2007)
Blackwater Chief Defends Firm (October 3, 2007)
Other Killings By Blackwater Staff Detailed (October 2, 2007)
5 Witnesses Insist Iraqis Didn't Fire On Guards (September 29, 2007)
State Dept. Agents Say Jobs Were Threatened (September 29, 2007)
Blackwater Focused on Cost, Not Safety, Report Says (September 28, 2007)
Report Says Hussein Was Open To Exile Before 2003 Invasion (September 27, 2007)
House Panel Says Rice Is Hindering Its Work (September 26, 2007)
Iraqi Prime Minister Says That Civil War Has Been Prevented (September 25, 2007)
What Defines a Killing as Sectarian? (September 25, 2007)
State IG Accused of Averting Probes (September 19, 2007)
U.S., Britain Differ on Southern Iraq Mission, Official Says (September 19, 2007)
Fewer Foreigners Crossing Into Iraq From Syria to Fight (September 16, 2007)
Bush Tells Nation He Will Begin to Roll Back 'Surge' (September 14, 2007)
An Only-Time-Will-Tell View on Political Gains (September 12, 2007)
The General's Long View Could Cut Withdrawal Debate Short (September 11, 2007)
The Iraq Report's Other Voice (September 10, 2007)
Among Top Officials, 'Surge' Has Sparked Dissent, Infighting (September 9, 2007)
Petraeus Disappointed At Political State of Iraq (September 8, 2007)
Experts Doubt Drop In Violence in Iraq (September 6, 2007)
Iraqi Army Unable To Take Over Within A Year, Report Says (September 6, 2007)
Military Officials in Iraq Fault GAO Report (September 5, 2007)
Pentagon Challenges GAO's Report on Iraq (August 31, 2007)
Report Finds Little Progress On Iraq Goals (August 30, 2007)
House to Hold Hearings on Two New Reports on Iraq (August 28, 2007)
An Early Clash Over Iraq Report (August 16, 2007)
As British Leave, Basra Deteriorates (August 7, 2007)
Tougher Stance on Pakistan Took Months (August 5, 2007)
Gates Assures Clinton of Drawdown Plans (July 27, 2007)
The Pentagon Gets a Lesson From Madison Avenue (July 21, 2007)
Iraq Report Boils Down to Competing Time Demands (July 20, 2007)
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Figure Is in U.S. Custody (July 19, 2007)
Al-Qaeda's Gains Keep U.S. at Risk, Report Says (July 18, 2007)
Exit Strategies (July 17, 2007)
American Enigma (July 15, 2007)
Iraqi Military's Readiness Slips (July 13, 2007)
White House Gives Iraq Mixed Marks in Report (July 12, 2007)
Bush Plans To Stress Next Phase In Iraq War (July 10, 2007)
Administration Shaving Yardstick for Iraq Gains (July 8, 2007)
State Dept. Assigns 300 Junior Envoys To Passport Duty (July 4, 2007)
Attempts Seen As Model for New Attacks On U.S. Soil (July 3, 2007)
GOP Skepticism On Iraq Growing (June 27, 2007)
CIA Releases Files On Past Misdeeds (June 27, 2007)
Al-Qaeda, Seeking New Sway, Urges Muslims to Aid Hamas (June 26, 2007)
Commission to Report to Congress on Iraqi Security Forces (June 23, 2007)
CIA to Air Decades of Its Dirty Laundry (June 22, 2007)
Senators Question CIA Nominee on Torture (June 20, 2007)
Administration Struggles With Interrogation Specifics (June 19, 2007)
Petraeus: Iraq 'Challenges' to Last for Years (June 18, 2007)
Nominee to Coordinate War Offers Grim Forecast on Iraq (June 8, 2007)
Obama and Romney Lay Out Positions on Iraq and Beyond (May 31, 2007)
Analysts' Warnings of Iraq Chaos Detailed (May 26, 2007)
U.S. Urges New Sanctions as Iran Stands Firm on Nuclear Policy (May 25, 2007)
CIA Received Recent Detainee From Turkey, Al-Qaeda Says (May 25, 2007)
Iranian Defiance Of U.N. Detailed (May 24, 2007)
Taste of Home Runs Low in Iraq (May 24, 2007)
For Washington Insider, Job Was an Uneasy Fit (May 18, 2007)
House Bill Ties War Funding to Iraq Benchmarks (May 9, 2007)
Turkish-Kurdish Dispute Tests U.S. Strategic Alliances (May 8, 2007)
At Meeting on Iraq, Doubt and Detente (May 5, 2007)
U.S. Official, Iranian Diplomat Discuss Stabilizing Iraq (May 4, 2007)
Rice Meets With Syrian Counterpart (May 4, 2007)
Rice Meets With Syrian Foreign Minister (May 3, 2007)
Rice Presses Maliki on Eve Of Conference on Iraq Aid (May 3, 2007)
Wolfowitz Says He Is Target of 'Smear' Tactics (May 1, 2007)
Tenet Details Efforts to Justify Invading Iraq (April 28, 2007)
Wolfowitz Promises Changes in Leadership (April 24, 2007)
Wolfowitz Faces New Inquiry (April 21, 2007)
Wolfowitz Offers to Make Changes (April 19, 2007)
Wolfowitz Says Won't Resign; Bank Says Concerned (April 16, 2007)
Wolfowitz Clashed Repeatedly With World Bank Staff (April 15, 2007)
Wolfowitz Dictated Girlfriend's Pay Deal (April 14, 2007)
Wolfowitz Apologizes For 'Mistake' (April 13, 2007)
Intelligence Community to Reshape Personnel Practices (April 12, 2007)
Saudis Publicly Get Tough With U.S. (March 30, 2007)
Terror Database Has Quadrupled In Four Years (March 25, 2007)
Guantanamo Prison Likely to Stay Open Through Bush Term (March 24, 2007)
Mexican Envoy Highly Critical of U.S. Role in Anti-Drug Effort (March 23, 2007)
Iraq War's Statistics Prove Fleeting (March 19, 2007)
Al-Qaeda in Iraq May Not Be Threat Here (March 18, 2007)
Policy Successes -- or U-Turns (March 11, 2007)
Reports of Progress In Iraq Challenged (March 10, 2007)
U.S. Open to Talking About Iraq With Iran and Syria (March 9, 2007)
No U.S. Backup Strategy For Iraq (March 5, 2007)
Rice Grilled on Extra Funding Sought for Iraq, Afghanistan (February 17, 2007)
Bush Promises Strong Effort to Counter Resurgent Taliban (February 16, 2007)
Skepticism Over Iraq Haunts U.S. Iran Policy (February 15, 2007)
Pace Demurs on Accusation of Iran (February 13, 2007)
U.S. Keeps Pressure on Iran But Decreases Saber Rattling (February 11, 2007)
Senators Debate Significance of Pentagon Report On Intelligence (February 10, 2007)
Military Must Fill Iraq Civilian Jobs (February 8, 2007)
Distrust Hinders FBI In Outreach to Muslims (February 8, 2007)
Doubts Run Deep on Reforms Crucial to Bush's Iraq Strategy (February 4, 2007)
Bleak Iraq Report Is Sent to Congress (February 3, 2007)
Iraq at Risk of Further Strife, Intelligence Report Warns (February 2, 2007)
Contractor Helicopter Downed in Iraq (January 24, 2007)
U.S. Stages 2nd Airstrike in Somalia; Ethiopians Leaving Capital (January 24, 2007)
Sunni-Shiite Fight Flares in Broadcasts (January 21, 2007)
Freedom's Report Card Mixed (January 18, 2007)
Somalis Must Reach Out for Unity, U.S. Official Says (January 18, 2007)
Officials: Pentagon Probed Finances (January 14, 2007)
Carter Center Advisers Resign Over New Book (January 12, 2007)
Reconstruction Effort to Emphasize Iraqi Jobs (January 11, 2007)
U.S. Is Not Saying Who, or What, Was Hit in Somalia Raid (January 10, 2007)
U.S. Strike in Somalia Targets Al-Qaeda Figure (January 9, 2007)
Quick Deployment of Peacekeepers Urged for Somalia; Aid Pledged (January 6, 2007)
Negroponte Moves to Job Considered Crucial at State Dept. (January 5, 2007)
Meeting to Tackle Somalia's Need For Peacekeepers (January 3, 2007)
Al-Qaeda Allies Claim Bigger Base of Support in Iraq (December 23, 2006)
Too Soon to Tell on Border Pact, Pakistan Says (December 21, 2006)
Powell Says U.S. Losing in Iraq, Calls for Drawdown by Mid-2007 (December 18, 2006)
U.S. Sees Growing Threats In Somalia (December 18, 2006)
Castro Near Death, U.S. Intelligence Chief Says (December 15, 2006)
Carter Book on Israel 'Apartheid' Sparks Bitter Debate (December 7, 2006)
Afghanistan Opium Crop Sets Record (December 2, 2006)
Group Will Sort Terrorism Alerts for Local Governments (November 17, 2006)
GAO Audit Finds Waste In Cuban Aid Program (November 16, 2006)
Court Told It Lacks Power in Detainee Cases (October 20, 2006)
Intelligence Plan Targets Training, Keeping Personnel (October 19, 2006)
U.S. Supporter of Al-Qaeda Is Indicted on Treason Charge (October 12, 2006)
Letter Gives Glimpse of Al-Qaeda's Leadership (October 2, 2006)
Sobering Conclusions On Why Jihad Has Spread (September 27, 2006)
Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight (September 24, 2006)
Bush Seeks Increased Pakistani Cooperation (September 23, 2006)
Gonzales Revisits Deportation Remarks (September 22, 2006)
Bush Detainee Plan Adds to World Doubts Of U.S., Powell Says (September 19, 2006)
World Bank Lists Failing Nations That Can Breed Global Terrorism (September 15, 2006)
Gates, Rockefeller Charities Join to Fight African Hunger (September 13, 2006)
Al-Qaeda Calls on Muslims To Fight in Lebanon, Israel (September 12, 2006)
Bush Calls For Greater Wiretap Authority (September 8, 2006)
Individuals, Small Groups Cited as Terrorist Threats (September 6, 2006)
Signs Point To a Surviving Terror Network (August 11, 2006)
A Fight Against Terrorism -- and Disorganization (August 9, 2006)
For Castro, a First Step In Calculated Transition (August 2, 2006)
Bin Laden Tape Urges Insurgents to Forgo Talks (July 2, 2006)
