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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

President Barack Obama meets with Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. and Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, in the Oval Office, Sept. 30, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Joint Chiefs: Obama snubs admiral for tough-on-China Marine general

The selection Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is a blow to officials in the military and the Obama administration who were hoping that the nomination would go to Adm. Samuel Locklear, who has been a major influence on Sino-U.S. policies.

May 7, 2015
Ashton Carter (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Obama threatens veto of defense funding shift

President Obama will veto Republican-backed legislation if it allows the Pentagon to shift funds meant for conflicts to other defense spending, to circumvent sequestration limits, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told Congress on Wednesday.

May 6, 2015
President Barack Obama, left, toasts with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 12 at a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China has become one of the world's largest two economies, and is wealthy enough to buy up at least $1.3 trillion of the U.S. debt. But that hasn't stopped Uncle Sam from continuing to send foreign aid to Beijing. (Associated Press)

CIA worked with China intelligence services against Russia

The joint operations included the major electronic spying program in China, code-named Chestnut, that targeted the Soviet Union and now Russia, as well as covert shipments of Chinese arms to Afghan rebels battling Soviet forces and anti-Cuban rebels in Angola.

April 23, 2015
Dunford

Inside the Ring: Joseph Dunford next to chair Joint Chiefs?

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, commandant of the Marine Corps, has emerged as a leading candidate to replace Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to defense officials familiar with internal discussions of the matter.

April 22, 2015

China markets attack drone to foreign customers

A brochure from a Chinese state-run company reveals new details about one of Beijing's attack drones — called the Cai Hong-3 (CH-3), or Rainbow-3 — being offered for sale to foreign customers.

March 25, 2015
"Social media is another component of unconventional strategies, and the security environment in general, that is playing a central role in recruiting individuals to causes," Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, said Wednesday in prepared testimony to the House Armed Services Committee.

Inside the Ring: Special Ops targets social media

U.S. special operations forces, elite commandos engaged in high-risk operations around the world, are adding a new focus to their portfolio of activities: social media and other unconventional information warfare threats.

March 18, 2015
Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces Capt. Yasuhiro Sato said “We have China in sight. We hope we can keep a good relationship by abiding by international rules. But we are aware that there are disputes between our nations.” (Bill Gertz)

Japan set to counter North Korean missiles

North Korea is increasing its missile capabilities that pose a growing threat to Japan, which has deployed sea-based missile defenses as a key element of its military forces, the commander of one of Japan's four Aegis-equipped missile defense ships said in an interview.

March 17, 2015
The North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un does not appear interested in holding sincere talks on giving up his nuclear arms. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Inside the Ring: Secret North Korea talks

A U.S. government source tells Inside the Ring there are signs the Obama administration is quietly working to open secret talks with North Korea as part of a plan to eventually normalize relations with the communist regime in Pyongyang. The discussions or plans for them are said to be similar to the secret diplomacy that led to the December 2014 announced initiative to normalize relations with Cuba.

March 11, 2015
National Security Adviser Susan Rice addresses the 2015 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Susan Rice White House ‘F bomb’ queen

White House National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice has developed a reputation among those who work with her for harshly criticizing people by using the "F bomb," according to current and former U.S. officials familiar with two exchanges.

March 6, 2015