Stephen Braun is a reporter for the

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. About the authors
Merchant of Death book website, Retrieved August 24, 2016 Braun was with the ''

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'' for many years, and served as national correspondent for the paper from 1993 to 2008. While at the ''Times'', the paper won a

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in 1993 for its coverage of the

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, where Braun played an integral part of the writing.Stephen Braun
worldaffairs.org, last updated 9 January 2008Shaw, David (14 April 1993)
Times Wins a Pulitzer for Coverage of Riots : Journalism: Prize is for spot news
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'' Reporting done by Braun with

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in August 2016 regarding donors to the

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who later met with

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when she was Secretary of State received a great deal of scrutiny.(24 August 2016)
AP: Foundation donors gained access to Clinton at State Dept.
''

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''Yglesias, Matthew (24 August 2016)
The AP’s big exposé on Hillary meeting with Clinton Foundation donors is a mess
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How the AP Spun the Story About the Clinton Foundation
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'' Braun also previously reported for the ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He graduated from the

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in 1975. Braun also co-authored the book ''Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible'' (2007) with

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. The book tells the story of the international weapons dealer

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, and was released a year before Bout was arrested in a DEA sting. The book detailed how Bout was able to deliver weapons to the deviant groups and nations, including militants in the

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Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

, and

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. ''

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'' wrote that, "The authors paint a depressing picture of an avalanche of war-making material pouring into poor, violence-wracked nations despite well-publicized U.N. embargoes."

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