Bryan D. Bender is a journalist. Currently, he reports on the Pentagon, NASA, and the defense and aerospace industries as a senior national correspondent for POLITICO, where also writes the Morning Defense newsletter and edits POLITICO Space. He also writes about terrorism, the international arms trade, and government secrecy. Previously, Bender covered the Pentagon for The Boston Globe and Jane’s Defence Weekly. Bender's work has appeared in The New Republic, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Jane's Defence Weekly, and he is a frequent television and radio commentator on national security and foreign policy topics. His first book, "You Are Not Forgotten," was published in 2013.