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'''Martha Raddatz''' (born [[1953]], [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] <ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/499/000109172/ Martha Raddatz<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>) is an [[ABC News]] [[reporter]]. She currently serves as the network's Chief White House Correspondent. She reports on all aspects of the Bush administration for ABC's ''[[World News with Charles Gibson]]'',
'''Martha Raddatz''' A/K/A Martha Bradlee (We wonder if she married Red Sox Pitcher Dick Raddatz after hs divorse to Judy Raddatz. (born [[1953]], [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] <ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/499/000109172/ Martha Raddatz<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>) is an [[ABC News]] [[reporter]]. She currently serves as the network's Chief White House Correspondent. She reports on all aspects of the Bush administration for ABC's ''[[World News with Charles Gibson]]'',
''[[Nightline]]'', and other network broadcasts. In addition to her work for ABC News, Raddatz has written for ''[[The New Republic]]'' and is a frequent guest on PBS's [[Washington Week]].
''[[Nightline]]'', and other network broadcasts. In addition to her work for ABC News, Raddatz has written for ''[[The New Republic]]'' and is a frequent guest on PBS's [[Washington Week]].



Revision as of 19:40, 31 March 2008

Martha Raddatz A/K/A Martha Bradlee (We wonder if she married Red Sox Pitcher Dick Raddatz after hs divorse to Judy Raddatz. (born 1953, Salt Lake City, Utah [1]) is an ABC News reporter. She currently serves as the network's Chief White House Correspondent. She reports on all aspects of the Bush administration for ABC's World News with Charles Gibson, Nightline, and other network broadcasts. In addition to her work for ABC News, Raddatz has written for The New Republic and is a frequent guest on PBS's Washington Week.

Raddatz was promoted to her current role in November 2005, after six years with ABC News. Raddatz began her tenure at ABC News in 1999 as the network's State Department correspondent and became ABC's senior national security correspondent in May 2003, reporting extensively from Iraq. From 1993 to 1998, Raddatz covered the Pentagon for National Public Radio. Prior to joining NPR in 1993, Raddatz was the chief correspondent at the ABC News Boston affiliate WCVB-TV. She is also the author of the New York Times bestseller The Long Road Home, a book about the war in Sadr City, Iraq.

On June 8 2006, Raddatz received a tip that terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been located and killed. This tip allowed Raddatz and ABC News to become the first news organization in the world to break the news shortly after 2:30 AM EST. [2]

On January 9 2007, Raddatz's mobile phone went off during a White House press briefing with Tony Snow. Of particular humor was her musical ring tone Chamillionaire's, "Ridin'." The press corps and Tony Snow enjoyed a few moments of laughter. [3]

Family

She resides in Arlington, Virginia with her husband Tom Gjelten. She has a daughter, Greta Bradlee, and a son Jake.

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Preceded by
Terry Moran
September 1999 – November 2005
ABC News Chief White House Correspondent
November 2005 – Present
Succeeded by
Current