Martha Raddatz

Senior White House Correspondent
ABC News

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Martha Raddatz was named ABC News Chief White House Correspondent in November 2005. As White House Correspondent, she reports on all aspects of the Bush administration for "World News Tonight," "Nightline," and other ABC News broadcasts.

Previously, Raddatz was the network's senior national security correspondent, a position she held since May 2003. Reporting from the Pentagon, she filed almost daily on the ongoing war in Iraq and the insurgency. Since the war's start in spring of 2003, she has made nine trips to Iraq with senior Pentagon officials, more than any other TV journalist. She has also traveled frequently to Afghanistan.

Raddatz joined ABC News in 1999 as the network's State Department correspondent. There she covered the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, as well as traveled to Africa, Pakistan, and India with the U.S. Secretary of State. Her coverage at the State Department after the attacks of September 11th was recognized, along with other ABC News recipients, with a Peabody Award as well as an Emmy Award.

Raddatz has also been awarded two Emmys for coverage of Kosovo and the Elian Gonzales case in the news program "Weekend World News."

In addition to her work for ABC News, Raddatz has written for "The New Republic." From 1993-1998, she was the Pentagon correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR), where she reported on foreign policy, defense, and intelligence issues. During her tenure at NPR, she made numerous trips to Eastern Europe to cover the war in Bosnia.

Prior to joining NPR in 1993, Raddatz 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.

Raddatz has been honored for her journalistic contributions many times, including a 1996 Overseas Press Club award for her live coverage of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Her reporting was also recognized with the National Headliner Award for team coverage of the 1988 presidential campaign, and two Radio and Television News Director Association first-place awards. In addition she has received two Associated Press first-place awards.

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