# Stephen Braun

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{{Short description|US reporter for the Associated Press}}
'''Stephen Braun''' is a reporter for the [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press).<ref name="braun1">[http://merchantofdeaththebook.com/about-the-authors/  About the authors], Merchant of Death book website, Retrieved August 24, 2016</ref>

Braun was with the ''[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)'' for many years, and served as national correspondent for the paper from 1993 to 2008.  While at the ''Times'', the paper won a  [Pulitzer Prize](/source/Pulitzer_Prize) in 1993 for its coverage of the [1992 Los Angeles riots](/source/1992_Los_Angeles_riots), where Braun played an integral part of the writing.<ref name="pulitz1">[https://www.worldaffairs.org/event-calendar/speaker-directory/stephen-braun Stephen Braun], worldaffairs.org, last updated 9 January 2008</ref><ref name="pulitzer1">Shaw, David (14 April 1993). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-14-mn-22815-story.html Times Wins a Pulitzer for Coverage of Riots : Journalism: Prize is for spot news], ''[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)''</ref>

Reporting done by Braun with [Eileen Sullivan](/source/Eileen_Sullivan) in August 2016 regarding donors to the [Clinton Foundation](/source/Clinton_Foundation) who later met with [Hillary Clinton](/source/Hillary_Clinton) when she was [Secretary of State](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_State) received a great deal of scrutiny.<ref name="cf-one">(24 August 2016). [http://www.msnbc.com/stephanie-ruhle/watch/ap-donors-gained-access-to-clinton-as-secy-749874243699 AP: Foundation donors gained access to Clinton at State Dept.], ''[MSNBC](/source/MSNBC)''</ref><ref name="voxone">Yglesias, Matthew (24 August 2016). [https://www.vox.com/2016/8/24/12618446/ap-clinton-foundation-meeting The AP’s big exposé on Hillary meeting with Clinton Foundation donors is a mess], ''Vox''</ref><ref name="monthly">LeTourneau, Nancy (24 August 2016). [http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/08/24/how-the-ap-spun-the-story-about-the-clinton-foundation/#.V721Ywjqh-h.twitter How the AP Spun the Story About the Clinton Foundation], ''[Washington Monthly](/source/Washington_Monthly)''</ref>

Braun also previously reported for the ''[Detroit Free Press](/source/Detroit_Free_Press)'', ''[Philadelphia Daily News](/source/Philadelphia_Daily_News)'' and ''[Baltimore News-American](/source/Baltimore_News-American)''.  He graduated from the [University of Pennsylvania](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania) in 1975.<ref name="braun1"/>

Braun also co-authored the book ''Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible'' (2007) with [Douglas Farah](/source/Douglas_Farah).  The book tells the story of the international weapons dealer [Viktor Bout](/source/Viktor_Bout), and was released a year before Bout was arrested in a DEA sting.  The book detailed how Bout was able to deliver weapons to the deviant groups and nations, including militants in the [Taliban](/source/Taliban), [Somalia](/source/Somalia), and [Yemen](/source/Yemen).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/world/30bout.html?_r=0 |title=An Arms Sales Suspect, Bargaining With Secrets |author=Scott Shane |date=August 29, 2010 |accessdate=January 16, 2013 |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)}}</ref> ''[Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly)'' wrote that, "The authors paint a depressing picture of an avalanche of war-making material pouring into poor, violence-wracked nations despite well-publicized U.N. embargoes."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-470-04866-5 |magazine=[Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly) |title=Review: Merchant of Death - Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible |accessdate=January 17, 2013 |date=June 11, 2007}}</ref>

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