Dartmouth Events

The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor

Jake Tapper '91 CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 4:30-6:00pm Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

Free and open to all, book signing to follow event. Bio:

Jake Tapper was named ABC News' senior White House correspondent on November 5, 2008 -- the day after the 2008 presidential election. For an unprecedented three years in a row, the White House Correspondents' Association has awarded him the prestigious Merriman Smith Award for presidential coverage under deadline pressure. He was a key part of the ABC News coverage of the inauguration of President Obama that was awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story. Tapper contributes regularly to "Good Morning America," "Nightline", and "World News with Diane Sawyer." He also files regularly for ABC's digital properties, maintaining a popular blog, Political Punch and hosting a weekly digital show for ABC News/Yahoo! News. He has written two books and is working on a third, "The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor," about the life and death of a U.S. combat outpost in Afghanistan, to be published by Little, Brown & Co. in November 2012.