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SIPA Alumnus, Steve Fainaru, 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner, to Speak at SIPA's Graduation Ceremony on Monday, May 19th, 2008
Steve Fainaru (MIA 1994), 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner and reporter for the Washington Post, will be the speaker at SIPA's graduation this year. Steve had been awarded a Pulitzer Prize in the category of International Reporting for his writing on the role of private armies in the Iraq War. According to the Washington Post, Fainaru ''took personal risks to expose a hidden side of the Iraq war'' in his reporting. His articles, which exposed how private armies fired indiscriminately at insurgents and civilians and functioned without regulation or oversight, contributed to the development of legislation and Congressional oversight.