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Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Amanpour: ”I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American people and the American way”.
Christiane Amanpour is anchor of ABC News's This Week and formerly chief international correspondent at CNN, where she worked for 27 years. During her early years as a correspondent, Amanpour was able to land her first major assignment covering the Persian Gulf War which led her to be transferred in 1986 to Eastern Europe to report on the fall of communism.In 1989, she was assigned to work in Frankfurt, Germany, where she reported on the democratic revolutions sweeping Eastern Europe at the time. Following Iraq's occupation of Kuwait in 1990, Amanpour's reports of the Persian Gulf War brought her wide notice while also taking the network to a new level of news coverage. Thereafter, she reported from the Bosnian war and many other conflict zones. Amanpour gained a reputation for being fearless during the Gulf and Bosnian wars from parachuting into conflict areas. Amanpour is one of the most recognized international correspondents on American television, with a willingness to work in dangerous conflict zones.
Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Amanpour: ”I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American people and the American way”.
Christiane Amanpour is anchor of ABC News's This Week and formerly chief international correspondent at CNN, where she worked for 27 years. During her early years as a correspondent, Amanpour was able to land her first major assignment covering the Persian Gulf War which led her to be transferred in 1986 to Eastern Europe to report on the fall of communism.In 1989, she was assigned to work in Frankfurt, Germany, where she reported on the democratic revolutions sweeping Eastern Europe at the time. Following Iraq's occupation of Kuwait in 1990, Amanpour's reports of the Persian Gulf War brought her wide notice while also taking the network to a new level of news coverage. Thereafter, she reported from the Bosnian war and many other conflict zones. Amanpour gained a reputation for being fearless during the Gulf and Bosnian wars from parachuting into conflict areas. Amanpour is one of the most recognized international correspondents on American television, with a willingness to work in dangerous conflict zones.