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Guy Taylor

Guy Taylor is the National Security Editor at The Washington Times, overseeing the paper's State Department, Pentagon and intelligence coverage and driving the daily Threat Status newsletter. He has reported from dozens of countries and been a guest on the BBC, CNN, NPR, FOX, C-SPAN and The McLaughlin Group.

A series Mr. Taylor led on Russia's attempts to influence the 2016 U.S. election was recognized with a Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency, and a Society for Professional Journalists award. In 2012, he won a Virginia Press Association award reporting from Mexico.

Prior to joining The Times in 2011, Mr. Taylor was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the Fund For Investigative Journalism. He wrote for a variety publications, from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to Salon, Reason, Prospect, the Daily Star of Beirut, the Jerusalem Post and the St. Petersburg Times. He also served as an editor at World Politics Review, wrote for America's Quarterly and produced videos and features for Agence France-Presse.

Mr. Taylor holds an M.S. in Global Security Studies from Angelo State University and a B.A. from Clark University. He was part of a team who won a Society of Professional Journalists award for their reporting on the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

He can be reached at gtaylor@washingtontimes.com.

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Articles by Guy Taylor

A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a "significant threat'' of an al Qaeda attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Terrorist scare tests Obama’s campaign claim; not far on the ‘path to defeat’

Even as the White House insisted that the U.S. has made great strides in the war against terrorism under President Obama, the president's spokesman acknowledged Monday that officials cannot rule out the possibility that the latest terrorist plot apparently discussed between top al Qaeda operatives could jeopardize the U.S. homeland. Published August 5, 2013

A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a "significant threat'' of an al Qaeda attack. (Associated Press)

No Benghazi link in embassy shutdown order, State Department says

The Obama administration's decision to shutter 20 embassies and consulates across the Arab world this week had nothing to do with the deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, State Department officials insisted Monday, while offering little new information on what prompted the extraordinary security measures. Published August 5, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry stands between Israel's Justice Minister and chief negotiator Tzipi Livni (right) and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat as they shake hands after the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on July 30, 2013, at the State Department in Washington. (Associated Press)

Kerry seeks Israeli-Palestinian agreement by April

Secretary of State John F. Kerry set an ambitious schedule Tuesday for new peace talks between Israel and Palestine, saying the goal is to achieve a "final-status agreement" between the two sides by the end of April. Published July 30, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry stands with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk at the State Department as he announces that Indyk will shepherd the Israeli Palestinian peace talks beginning in Washington on July 29, 2013. (Associated Press)

Amid Mideast revolt, a chance for Israeli-Palestinian peace

As Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met at a State Department dinner Monday night for their first direct talks in more than three years, some in Washington's foreign policy community said ongoing meltdowns in other Middle Eastern nations may have created a rare window for peace between the two sides. Published July 29, 2013

** FILE ** Victoria Nuland (Associated Press)

Benghazi talking points not shared with Clinton, Nuland says

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton played no direct role in shaping the Obama administration's infamous "talking points" on the Benghazi attacks, the State Department's former head of communications told lawmakers Thursday. Published July 11, 2013

**FILE** The Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Security specialists say with diplomats residing in more well-guarded parts of cities, intelligence is likely to decline. (Associated Press)

Benghazi response may encourage more jihadist attacks in N. Africa

The U.S. should prepare for future terrorist attacks in North Africa that would be even more difficult to police than last year's assault that left four Americans dead in the Eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, counter-terrorism specialists said Wednesday. Published July 10, 2013

** FILE ** Rep. Michael T. McCaul, Texas Republican (Associated Press)

Key witness missing from House hearing on Iranian terror network

House Republicans this week accused Argentina of trying to block their investigation into suspected Iranian ties to terrorism in the Western Hemisphere by refusing to let an Argentinian prosecutor testify on the matter Tuesday. Published July 9, 2013

Egyptian soldiers stand guard around the Republican Guard building in Cairo. Soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. More than 50 people have been killed in the violence. (Associated Press)

‘Coup’ in Egypt would put U.S. in a delicate dilemma over aid

The White House was careful Monday to avoid calling Egypt's regime change a "coup," underscoring the dilemma President Obama faces as he tries to manage a thorny conflict between the Egyptian military's actions and U.S. law, which bans aid to countries where a coup has taken place. Published July 8, 2013

** FILE ** Cuban President Raul Castro (Associated Press)

Private talks hint at change in U.S.-Cuba relationship

The State Department has quietly been holding talks with a small but diverse cadre of Cuban natives in Washington — including democracy activists offering insider views of the communist island's politics — that analysts say could send shock waves through the long-standing debate about what a future U.S. policy toward Cuba should look like. Published July 4, 2013

Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Egypt was on edge Tuesday following a "last-chance" ultimatum the military issued to Mohammed Morsi, giving the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve the crisis in the country or have the army step in with its own plan. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

U.S. denies taking sides in Egyptian politics amid Morsi protests

The State Department firmly resisted taking a side in Egypt's ongoing political crisis Tuesday and rejected a new report that Obama administration officials had urged Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to hold shock elections in the Mideast nation. Published July 2, 2013

**FILE** Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani speaks in a conference in Tehran on June 29, 2013. (Associated Press/Office of the President-elect)

House Democrats join Republicans in calling for tougher action on Iran

In a broad show of bipartisan support for containing the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, all but one member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee signed a letter to President Obama on Monday calling for him to increase pressure on the Islamic republic. Published July 1, 2013

Facing Hill pressure, Obama fills State watchdog post

Under mounting pressure from lawmakers on Capitol Hill, President Obama on Thursday appointed a new inspector general for the State Department — a post that has gone unfilled for more than five years. Published June 27, 2013

The State Department headquarters is located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

State Department has a dearth of diplomats to award for dissent

The association for foreign service officers has an annual award it gives to U.S. diplomats who have stood up to the powers that be at the State Department — but the organization is struggling to find anyone worthy of the honor. Published June 26, 2013

**FILE** Secretary of State John F. Kerry (Associated Press)

‘Atmosphere of secrecy’ pervades State Dept. office, audit finds

A key State Department bureau that manages the official face presented by the U.S. to the rest of the world is rife with management problems that have left "an atmosphere of secrecy, suspicion and uncertainty," according to a department watchdog review released Thursday. Published June 20, 2013

In this June 1, 2013, photo, a female member of the Honduras National Police takes part in a patrol with Honduras Army soldiers in a market of the John F. Kennedy neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Senate Democrats push Obama on human rights abuses in Honduras

Senate Democrats are calling on Secretary of State John F. Kerry to take a more careful approach toward Honduras to ensure that police and military in the Central American nation are not committing human rights abuses with U.S. aid. Published June 19, 2013

** FILE ** Cuba's Fidel Castro delivers a speech during the 50th anniversary of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution on Sept. 28, 2010, in Havana. Mr. Castro said on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, that he resigned five years ago from all his official positions, including head of Cuba's Communist Party, a position he was thought still to hold. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

U.S.-Cuba mail talks spark speculation of wider outreach

The announcement that U.S. and Cuban officials will hold landmark talks this week toward restarting direct mail service between the two nations prompted a mix of reactions on Monday on whether the Obama administration plans a broader outreach to the Castro regime in the president’s second term. Published June 18, 2013

**FILE** A man leaves a postal office in Havana on Nov. 25, 2010. (Associated Press)

U.S., Cuban postal officials to hold landmark direct talks

The announcement that U.S. and Cuban officials will hold landmark talks this week about restarting direct mail service between the two nations prompted a mix of reactions Monday on whether the Obama administration plans a broader outreach to the Castro regime. Published June 17, 2013

**FILE** House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, California Republican, questions Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 23, 2013, about the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican, listens at left. (Associated Press)

Rep. Ed Royce demands inspector general’s documents on suspected State Department cover-up

The chairman of a key House committee on Thursday demanded that the State Department's office of inspector general explain passages in internal documents that refer to pressure from department higher-ups to quash investigations into suspected criminal activity — including the solicitation of prostitutes, illegal drug activity and sexual assault — by U.S. diplomatic personnel overseas. Published June 13, 2013