Leo Shane III

Leo Shane III is an American journalist, and is the Capitol Hill and White House bureau chief for Military Times.

Shane has covered Washington since 2004, focusing on military personnel and veterans policies.

He is chairman of the Executive Committee of Periodical Correspondents for the 115th Congress.

In January 2017, HillVets named Shane of its 100 of 2016 in the media category.

Other honors:

• In 2009, Shane shared the George Polk Award for military reporting for coverage exposing the military's practice of profiling journalists in Afghanistan in an attempt to steer coverage of the war.

• In 2011, Shane was named a Kiplinger Fellow in public affairs journalism.

During a May 12, 2016, appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, host Rachel Maddow called Shane "one of the best military and veterans reporters in the country.”

Other recent media appearances:

• In April 2016, Shane questioned Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald about VA care on C-SPAN's Newsmakers.
• In August 2016, he detailed the role of military and veterans' issues in the 2016 campaign on C-SPAN's Washington Journal.
• In October 2016, Shane spoke with CNBC about how the military was forcing troops to repay enlistment bonuses.
• In April 2017, Shane was on Newsmakers again, this time to interview VA Secretary David Shulkin.

He previously worked at Stars & Stripes and is a 1998 graduate of the University of Delaware.