How NPR keeps reporting on the Pentagon after being barred from the building

By Tom Bowman,

Miles Parks

Published December 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM EST

NPR's Tom Bowman says his decades of roaming Pentagon halls ended after NPR refused to sign a new policy requiring reporters to wait for official information releases - but his reporting hasn't slowed at all.

Tom Bowman

Tom Bowman is a NPR National Desk reporter covering the Pentagon.

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Miles Parks

Miles Parks is a reporter on NPR's Washington Desk. He covers voting and elections, and also reports on breaking news.

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