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Marc Ambinder

Marc Ambinder

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
The Little-Known Agency That Helped Kill Bin Laden

The Little-Known Agency That Helped Kill Bin Laden

The National Geospatial Agency mapped bin Laden's compound, analyzed drone data, and helped the SEALs simulate their mission… More »

The Secret Team That Killed Osama bin Laden

The Secret Team That Killed Osama bin Laden

Navy SEALs spent months training for the raid… More »

Bin Laden's Death: A Pivotal Victory for Obama, U.S. Intelligence

Bin Laden's Death: A Pivotal Victory for Obama, U.S. Intelligence

The president silences his national-security critics heading into 2012, and the CIA stands tall after the damage of 9/11… More »

Obama's Reelection Report Card

Obama's Reelection Report Card

The president's political strengths and weaknesses, as he opens the 2012 campaign… More »

5 Disadvantages for Obama in 2012

5 Disadvantages for Obama in 2012

A tough economy could make him a one-term president… More »

5 Advantages for Obama in 2012

5 Advantages for Obama in 2012

The president's path to reelection… More »

Obama Announces Reelection Bid

Obama Announces Reelection Bid

The 2012 election is underway… More »

Obama Gets Ready to Announce Reelection Plans

Obama Gets Ready to Announce Reelection Plans

In about two weeks, the president will become a candidate… More »

Obama Answers Big Questions About Libya

Obama Answers Big Questions About Libya

The president tells us why the U.S. intervened in Libya, and not elsewhere… More »

The Questions That Obama Must Now Answer on Libya

The Questions That Obama Must Now Answer on Libya

The president will try to clear things up with a speech Monday night… More »

Obama's First New War

Obama's First New War

The president had to balance the ideals of democracy and the hard-nosed interests of the country in his decision making.… More »

Full Secret Service Transcript: The Moment Reagan Was Shot

Full Secret Service Transcript: The Moment Reagan Was Shot

Just-released audio of the command-post radio conversations from the moment President Ronald Reagan was shot on March 30, 1981… More »

Darell Issa, Kurt Bardella, and Me

Darell Issa, Kurt Bardella, and Me

Interacting with Rep. Issa's now-former spokesman… More »

Q&A: Inside the Secret Service

Q&A;: Inside the Secret Service

Granted unprecedented access for his recent magazine profile, The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder answers reader questions about the Secret Service and its inner workings… More »

What Mubarak's Resignation Means for Obama

What Mubarak's Resignation Means for Obama

Regime change in Egypt poses a test for Obama's foreign policy doctrine… More »

Issue March 2011

Radio Chatter

Hear a Secret Service agent struggle to keep pace with attendees at a UN conference… More »

Issue March 2011

Inside the Secret Service

When President Obama and two-thirds of the world’s leaders gather in New York City, it is up to the U.S. Secret Service to keep them all safe. Granted unprecedented access, our author tells the story of how the agency pulls off the most complicated security event of the year, from counter-surveillance to counter-assault, hotel booking to event scheduling.… More »

Epitaph for the DLC

The centrist Democratic Leadership Council may be going away, but its ideas still influence political debates… More »

The Presidential Motorcade

The Presidential Motorcade

A detailed look at security detail that moves the president on the ground… More »

An Intelligence Failure in Egypt?

An Intelligence Failure in Egypt?

Was the White House caught off guard?… More »

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