Andrew Tilghman is the Washington reporter-blogger for TPMmuckraker.

He previously covered the Iraq war for the Stars and Stripes and is a former staff writer for the Houston Chronicle and the Times Union in Albany, New York.

He has also written for the Washington Post, the Washington Monthly, The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and other publications.

He is a native of Maryland's Eastern Shore and now lives in Capitol Hill with his wife.