Peter Wallsten
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Peter Wallsten covers the White House and national politics for the Los Angeles Times, and is the author, with Tom Hamburger, of One Party Country: The Republican Plan for Dominance in the 21st Century.
A graduate of the University of North Carolina and a Chapel Hill native, he worked previously at the Miami Herald, St. Petersburg Times, Charlotte Observer and Congressional Quarterly. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Wallsten is partially blind as a result of macular degeneration. This caused an exchange of words with president George W. Bush at a White House press conference. Unaware of the journalist's medical condition, the president questioned Wallsten's need to wear sunglasses when the sun wasn't visible. [1]
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- ^ "Bush shows his sensitive side, telling blind journalist: 'I'm interested in the shade look'" by Rupert Cornwell, The Independent Online, June 16, 2006
