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Bill Gertz

Bill Gertz

bgertz@washingtontimes.com

Bill Gertz is a national security correspondent for The Washington Times. He has been with The Times since 1985.
He is the author of eight books, four of them national best-sellers. His latest book, "Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy," reveals details about the growing threat posed by the People's Republic of China. He is also the author of the ebook "How China's Communist Party Made the World Sick."
Mr. Gertz also writes Inside the Ring, a weekly column that chronicles the U.S. national security bureaucracy.
Mr. Gertz has been a guest lecturer at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va.; the Central Intelligence Agency in Virginia; the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington; and the Brookings Institution in Washington. He has participated in the National Security Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
He studied English literature at Washington College in Chestertown, Md., and journalism at George Washington University. He is married and has two daughters.
He can be reached at bgertz@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Bill Gertz

Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., questions witnesses during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House panel on Chinese Communist Party threats survives into new Congress

A select House committee created two years ago by the Republican majority to address threats posed by communist China will get a new lease on life in the next Congress, bolstered by bipartisan support and a slew of supportive top officials in the coming Trump administration, the panel's chairman confirmed in an interview with The Washington Times.

November 17, 2024
The new Fort Liberty sign is displayed outside the base on Friday, June 2, 2023, in Fort Liberty, N.C. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker, File)

U.S. commandos retool for China war

The Army Special Operations Command at Fort Liberty, North Carolina -- possibly soon to be renamed back to Fort Bragg, its previous name -- is retooling its 35,000 commandos for operations against China.

November 14, 2024
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, shakes the hand of Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, at an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump team to weigh national security picks

President-elect Donald Trump's victory in Tuesday's presidential contest sets in motion the selection of key officials for a forthcoming administration through a transition team headed by some of his family and key supporters, including selections for a number of key senior national security positions.

November 6, 2024
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, presides over a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing "An Assessment of the State Departments Withdrawal from Afghanistan by Americas Top Diplomat," on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

McCaul demands accountability at Global Media office

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul this week criticized the leadership of the U.S. Agency for Global Media for what he said was a cover-up of an investigation of a Voice of America executive who lied about her education credentials and abused her authority.

November 1, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in an exercise of Russia's strategic nuclear deterrence forces to train actions of officials on operating nuclear weapons with practical launches of ballistic and cruise missiles, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

DIA on Putin’s ‘big six’ nukes

The Defense Intelligence Agency recently disclosed what it calls Russian President Vladimir Putin's "big six" advanced nuclear weapons systems designed to defeat U.S. defenses.

November 1, 2024
A screen shows Chinese submarines at the opening of the Western Pacific Navy Symposium in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province on Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) **FILE**

China deploying new land-attack missile subs

The Chinese navy has built three new cruise missile-firing nuclear submarines in what U.S. defense officials say is a significant advance in its attack submarine program.

October 30, 2024