Bill Gertz

Bill Gertz (born March 21, 1952) is an American reporter and analyst for "The Washington Times" and Fox News. He is the author of five books and co-writes a weekly column on The Pentagon and national security issues with Rowan Scarborough, called "Inside the Ring".

Biography

Gertz was born in Long Island, New York. He does not have a college degree, although he has taken classes at Washington College and George Washington University. He was a media fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University. He has also written for "National Review", "The Weekly Standard" and "Air Force Magazine".

He and his wife Debra have three children.

He is a member of The Unification Church, commonly known as the "Moonies".

Writings and political views

Gertz has focused heavily on the issue of Chinese military weapons purchases and has written about thefts and illegal transfers of weapons technology to China. [ [http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1B2AE6CC-D0ED-41D4-A3DF-8BABD9E53609 Chinese Dragon Awakens] ]

In 2004, he reported that Syria, possibly with the aid of Russian troops, transferred Iraqi WMD stockpiles to its own military installations. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041028-122637-6257r.htm Russia tied to Iraq's missing arms] The Washington Times 2004]

Books

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*"" (2004)
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References

External links

* [http://www.gertzfile.com/ Bill Gertz's site]