W.J. Hennigan covered the Pentagon and national security issues from Washington, D.C., before leaving the bureau in November 2017. While there, he reported onwar, counter-terrorism, and the lives of American service members from more than two dozen countries and previouslycovered the aerospace and defense industry from Los Angeles. Hennigan earnedawards from the National Press Club, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, andwas a contributor to the Los Angeles Times coverage of the terror attacks in San Bernardino that won aPulitzer Prizein 2016.