"Erin Banco: A Leading Voice in National Security Reporting"

[!CDATA[Erin Banco is a seasoned national security correspondent with a specialization in the intelligence community. Her reporting spans a wide range of topics, including conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as U.S. covert operations abroad. With a background in national security reporting at POLITICO, Banco has extensive experience covering the Middle East, from Cairo to Baghdad to Aleppo. She has reported on significant events such as the Arab Spring, the Syrian civil war, and the emergence of ISIS. In her book "Pipe Dreams" published in 2017, Banco delves into the oil and gas industry's development in northern Kurdistan, Iraq. She pursued her education at The University of Wisconsin-Madison, majoring in Arabic and journalism, and later obtained a master's degree in public administration from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in 2014.]]