Helene Cooper

Liberian-American journalist born April 22, 1966 in Monrovia, Liberia. Currently Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times, having previously served as the paper's White House correspondent. Joined the Times in 2004 as assistant editorial page editor. Member of the Times reporting team that won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for coverage of the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.