Pentagon's Musical Chairs

For starters, U.S. News’ Julian Barnes just can’t get enough of Mark Mazzetti‘s old jobs. Word today that he’s accepted an offer from the L.A. Times to be their new Pentagon/defense reporter, filling the vacancy left by Mazzetti’s departure to the NYT. Barnes came to the beat at U.S. News when Mazzetti vacated the defense beat there to move on to the LAT. (And, in the small city department, Barnes’ wife, too, is a deputy editor at The New Republic.)

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