The Washington Post will name veteran Post reporter Peter Finn as the paper's new national security editor, according a staff email obtained by The Huffington Post.
On Sunday night, National editor Cameron Barr informed the national security staff over email that Finn had "prevailed in the nat sec sweepstakes."
"In a period of sometimes daunting uncertainties, it's good to know that in Peter and [deputy national security editor Jason Ukman] we have a pair of experienced and dedicated colleagues leading one of our most important coverage areas," Barr wrote. "Thanks to all of you for forbearance, diligence and wise counsel during the transition. Onward and upward."
The Huffington Post reported in June that Douglas Frantz, a veteran journalist who took the national security editor position in 2012, was taking leave from the paper while considering a job at the State Department. Frantz had left journalism once before to take a position as an investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which was helmed at the time by then-Senator, and now Secretary of State, John Kerry.
Finn joined the Post from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1995. He started out covering Virginia for the Post before going overseas for 10 years, according to his staff bio:
He reported on the 1999 war in Kosovo and its aftermath. Following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Finn covered terrorism for the Post, traveling extensively in the Middle East, North Africa, the Persian Gulf, and Pakistan. He was also part of the Post team that covered the invasion of Iraq, and the American occupation. His last overseas assignment was the Russia-Georgia war, and Finn returned to Washington in 2008.
In the staff email, Barr said that a formal announcement will go out on Monday.
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