ABC Debate... Sham? Why was George Stephanopoulos moderating? Wasn't he Bill Clinton's Sr Advisor?!?!?!

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

George Stephanopoulos is the Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News and anchor of ABC's Sunday morning program, "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."

This Week

As Chief Washington Correspondent, Stephanopoulos oversees the network's coverage of Congress and reports on political and policy stories for all ABC News platforms, including "World News Tonight," "Nightline," "Good Morning America" and ABC News' digital properties, including ABC News Now and ABCNews.com.

In his role as anchor of "This Week," Stephanopoulos has interviewed every key member of the Bush administration, including President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. He also regularly interviews newsmakers from both sides of the aisle in Congress, as well as prominent political leaders on the state and local level, such as California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Stephanopoulos also has interviewed numerous foreign leaders, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and King Abdullah of Jordan.

In July 2003, Stephanopoulos conducted a rare joint interview with Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer, the first ever Sunday morning interview with two sitting Supreme Court Justices. He conducted a second interview with Justice Breyer in fall 2005.

The depth and variety of Stephanopoulos' interviews on "This Week" have generated significant accolades for the show, including from the Chicago Tribune, which said he has created the "most challenging, fluid and entertaining Sunday-morning show, far outdoing his rivals in both concept and content." On Election Night 2006, Stephanopoulos served as the chief analyst for ABC News' top-rated coverage and garnered praise from the Washington Post for being "extremely knowledgeable."

In the decade he has spent at ABC News, Stephanopoulos has played a pivotal role in the network's coverage of breaking news stories. In spring 2005, he reported from Rome and contributed to ABC News' duPont Award-winning coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II. Following the explosion of the Columbia shuttle, Stephanopoulos anchored a two-hour special edition of "This Week" on Feb. 2, 2003. And on Sept. 11, 2001, he was one of the first reporters on the scene at Ground Zero.

Stephanopoulos was named chief Washington correspondent in December 2005 and began anchoring "This Week" in September 2002. Previously, he was an ABC News correspondent, reporting on a wide variety of political, domestic and international stories for "This Week," "World News Tonight," "Good Morning America" and other ABC News programs and special event broadcasts. Stephanopoulos joined ABC News in 1997 as a news analyst for "This Week."

Prior to joining ABC News, Stephanopoulos served in the Clinton administration as the senior advisor to the president for policy and strategy. He is the author of "All Too Human," a No. 1 New York Times best-seller on President Clinton's first term and the 1992 and 1996 Clinton/Gore campaigns.

Stephanopoulos received his Master's degree in theology at Balliol College, Oxford University, England, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University and graduated summa cum laude in political science.

Stephanopoulos and his wife, Alexandra Wentworth, live in Washington, D.C., with their daughters, Elliott and Harper.

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