Aaron Mehta

Staff Writer  The Center for Public Integrity
amehta@publicintegrity.org
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Aaron Mehta joined the Center in the summer of 2008. He primarily covers Money and Politics and National Security, but has also done stories touching on finance and the environment. A Boston area native, Mehta graduated from Tufts University in 2007. His stories have been published in The New York Times, Washington Post, POLITICO, ABC News and other publications. He is currently a Paul Miller Reporting Fellow. 

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