c.j. chivers of "the new york times." chris is simply put, the war correspondent's war correspondent.e is known for his courage, resourcefulness on the battlefield, knowledge of tactics and strategy and finally for his expertise in weaponry, in particular the ubiquitous ak-47 of which he has written a definitive biography, a fascinating and important book called simply "the gun." chris comes from a military family after graduating -- excuse me, i'm getting a cold. after graduating from cornell, he joined the marine corps serving in the gulf war. he was honorably discharged as a captain in 1994. of journalism, and worked at the providence journal in rhode island and joined "the times" in 1999, where he was promptly assigned to cover the cops. part of his legend at the "times" is that on 9/111, he sprinted from police headquarters to ground zero, remaining at that site day in, day out for two weeks. abroad, he has had numerous assignments including a four-year stint as a moscow correspondent and a specialist in war zones. to chris' left is sara ganim. and at age 24, she has won acclaim

c.j. chivers of "the new york times"" simply put, he is the war correspondent's war correspondent. he is known for his courage, resourcefulness on the battlefield, knowledge of tactics and strategy and finally for his expertise in weaponry, in particular, ubiquitous ak47 about which he has written a definitive biography. a fascinating book called simply, "the gun." he comes from a military family. excuse me. i am getting a cold. after graduating from cornell university, he joined the marinehe was honorably discharged as captain in 1994, went to columbia graduate school of journalism, worked at the providence journal in rhode island and joined the "new york times" in 1999. where he was promptly assigned to cover the cubs. part of his legend there is that on september 11, he sprinted from police headquarters to ground zero, remaining at the site day in and day out for two weeks. abroad, he has had numerous assignments, including a four year stint as a moscow correspondent. and a specialist in war zones. to his left, sara ganim. at the age of 24, she won acclaim for breaking the story