Kevin Baron is executive editor of Defense One. For more than a decade Baron has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and politics for Foreign Policy, National Journal, Stars and Stripes, the Boston Globe, and the Center for Public Integrity. Baron is vice president of the Pentagon Press Association. He is twice a recipient of the George Polk Award, among others. Baron earned a master’s from George Washington University and bachelor’s from the University of Richmond. Raised in Florida, he lives in Northern Virginia with his three sons.