John T. Shaw is a senior correspondent and vice president for "Market News International "and a contributing writer for the "Washington Diplomat". He is the author of "JFK in the Senate: Pathway to the Presidency". He is a frequent guest on C-SPAN, where he discusses Congress, as well as on KPCC, an NPR affiliate in Los Angeles. He has also appeared on the "PBS News Hour." Shaw was a Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University for six years, and he speaks frequently to seminars for diplomats in Washington. He lives in Washington, DC.