Peter Baker
Political journalist and author
Peter Baker is a journalist who has reported on the White House for the New York Times and the Washington Post. He has also written several books on American politics.
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About Peter Baker
Peter Baker's reporting career has taken him to both the Washington Post and the New York Times. He has covered Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, and has worked as a political analyst for MSNBC. He covered the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton, which led to his book The Breach. While at the Post he served as Moscow bureau chief and wrote Kremlin Rising. His other books include Days of Fire, about Bush and Cheney in the White House. With his wife, the journalist Susan Glasser, he wrote The Man Who Ran Washington, a life of James A. Baker III.