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Martha Raddatz
Martha Raddatz is the chief global Affairs correspondent and “This Week” co-anchor, ABC News. She was also among the journalists who were chosen to drop the ball in Times Square on New Year's Eve.
According to her ABC News biography, Martha Raddatz "is ABC News chief global affairs correspondent and co-anchor of 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos.' She has covered national security, foreign policy and politics for decades – reporting from the Pentagon, the State Department, the White House and conflict zones around the world."
Raddatz Has Reported From War Zones
Raddatz made her name in national journalism with overseas coverage from war zones. "She began covering war during the crisis in Bosnia in the late 1990s, but it is Iraq and Afghanistan where she has spent most of her time overseas. Even during her stint as White House correspondent during President George W. Bush’s administration, she continued to make regular trips into war-torn Iraq," her ABC bio reports, adding that she embedded with U.S. forces.
"She is the only television reporter allowed to fly in an F-15 fighter jet on combat missions over Afghanistan, spending nearly 10 hours in the air on two separate missions. In 2011 she reported exclusive details on the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden," her ABC bio reports. "...In addition, her reporting trips have taken her to Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, India, Turkey, Libya, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and numerous countries in Africa and Asia."
Raddatz was chosen to moderate presidential debates in 2016.
"From 1993-1998, Raddatz was the Pentagon correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). Prior to joining NPR in 1993, she was the chief correspondent at the ABC News Boston affiliate WCVB-TV. In addition to covering several Presidential campaigns, she reported from the former Soviet Union, Africa, the Middle East, the Philippines and Europe," the bio reports.
She is an author and the mother of two children.
In this photo, Reporter Martha Raddatz attends the 2nd Annual Variety Salute to Service at Cipriani Downtown on November 12, 2018 in New York City.