{{Short description|American journalist (b. 1953)}} {{Infobox person | name = Tom Squitieri | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|08|25}} | birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | death_date = September 1, 2024 | occupation = Journalist | website = {{url|http://tomsquitieri.com}}<br />{{URL|http://redsnowltd.com}} | alma_mater = Washington & Jefferson College }}
'''Tom Squitieri''' (August 25, 1953 – September 1, 2024) was an American journalist, public speaker, and public relations specialist. From January 2018 until his death, he was the Pentagon correspondent for Red Snow News.
Squitieri was an award-winning reporter with ''USA Today'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Tom Squitieri bio|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/bios/squit.htm|publisher=USA Today | date=March 5, 1999}}</ref> winning the Raymond Clapper Memorial Award in 1993<ref name=JournoInstitue>{{cite web|title=Raymond Clapper Memorial Award winners (1944 to 2011)|url=https://www.pressclubinstitute.org/raymond-clapper-memorial-award-winners-from-1944-to-2011/|author=Journalism Institute|publisher=National Press Club|access-date=Nov 15, 2023}}</ref> after coming in second for the same award in 1991.<ref name=WaPo-1991>{{cite news|title=10 JOURNALISTS HONORED WITH REPORTING PRIZES|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/05/10/10-journalists-honored-with-reporting-prizes/e73cdb19-4645-4700-87f3-1109bc3df771/|date=May 10, 1992|quote=The Raymond Clapper Memorial Award, worth $1,500, went to Bill Lambrecht of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' for a series on waste dumping on American Indian reservations. Tom Squitieri of ''USA Today'' won second place, worth $500, for a series on Haiti.}}</ref>
After the September 11 attacks,<ref>{{cite news|last=Squitieri|first=Tom|title=Cyberspace full of terror targets|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002/05/06/cyber-terror.htm|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 5, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Squitieri|first=Tom|title=NORAD had drills of jets as weapons|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-04-18-norad_x.htm|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 18, 2004}}</ref> he reported from the Pentagon<ref>{{cite news|last=Squitieri|first=Tom|title=Nation's back off on sending troops to Iraq|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-10-27-iraq-no-troops_x.htm|newspaper=USA Today|date=Oct 27, 2003}}</ref> as well as Iraq,<ref>{{cite news|last=Squitieri|first=Tom|title=Army: Much higher estimates of abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-07-22-prisoner-abuse_x.htm|newspaper=USA Today|date=July 22, 2004}}</ref> Uzbekistan, Turkey and Italy. Other experience included presidential and congressional campaigns in 2000<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Squitieri at the 2000 Republican National Convention|date=16 May 2010 |url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/todays-tom-squitieri-gets-a-meatball-sandwich-from-the-9th-news-photo/99607890|publisher=Getty Images}}</ref> and 1996, Capitol Hill, various Bill Clinton and political scandals, crime, drugs, arms smuggling and lead reporting on breaking news stories. Foreign assignments include an array of conflicts around the world, including the 1989 Panama invasion, Haiti (1991–1997), Northern Ireland, 1991 Gulf War (Iran, Iraq, Turkey), Moldova (1992), former Yugoslavia (1992–1996), Burundi and Rwanda<ref>{{cite web|title=Africa – Continent in Need of Coverage|url=http://www.newseum.org/warstories/interviews/wmv/journalists/caption.asp?filename=bio_squitieri_2|publisher=Newseum}}</ref> (1993–1994), Central Asia and Afghanistan<ref>{{cite web|title=Back From The Front: Journalists Report on Their Experiences in Afghanistan|url=http://www.brookings.edu/events/2002/02/13afghanistan|publisher=Brookings Institution}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Countdown with Keith Olbermann|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5517391|newspaper=MSNBC|date=July 23, 2004}}</ref> (2001–2003), Iraq<ref>{{cite news|last=Squitieri|first=Tom|title=Role of security companies likely to become more visible|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-04-01-security-usat_x.htm|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 1, 2004}}</ref> (2003–2004).
Squitieri was forced to resign from ''USA Today'' in May 2005 after a dispute over attribution of quotes he reported in a story revealing Pentagon failures to properly up-armor vehicles in Iraq.<ref>{{cite news|title=USA Tomorrow|url=http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=3914|newspaper=American Journalism Review|date=August–September 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Food for thought on Squitieri firing|url=http://nstockdale.blogspot.com/2005/05/food-for-thought-on-squitieri-firing.html|publisher=A Capital Idea}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/05/AR2005050501876.html|title=USA Today Reporter Resigns|last=Kurtz|first=Howard|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2005-05-06|accessdate=2016-04-07}}</ref>
After leaving ''USA Today'', Squitieri wrote columns for the Foreign Policy Association,<ref>{{cite web|last=Squitieri|first=Tom|title=Tom Squitieri archive|date=20 May 2011 |url=http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/author/tomsquitieri/|publisher=Foreign Policy Association}}</ref> The Hill,<ref>{{cite web|last=Squitieri|first=Tom|title=On an island far, far away..|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/178024-on-an-island-far-far-away/|work=The Hill}}</ref> and ''U.S. News & World Report''. He also was an adjunct professor at Washington & Jefferson College and at American University.
Squitieri wrote three articles for the ''Huffington Post'' in 2011 that were later deleted for "not adequately disclos[ing] a material conflict of interest."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-squitieri/|title=Tom Squitieri|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=2016-04-07}}</ref> ''Salon'' claimed he had obfuscated his employment with Qorvis Communications, a company that is registered as a pro-Bahrain lobbyist in the US.<ref>{{cite news|last=Silverstein|first=Ken|url=http://www.salon.com/2011/12/08/how_bahrain_works_washington/|title=How Bahrain works Washington|work=Salon|date=2011-12-08|accessdate=2016-04-07}}</ref> Each article contained this reader's note: "Tom Squitieri is a journalist and is also working with the Bahrain government on media awareness."
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