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Bob Woodruff

  • Birthplace: Michigan, USA
  • Birthday: November 30, 1960

Virtually an unknown commodity when he took over as co-anchor of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” Bob Woodruff had been a foreign correspondent for the second place nightly news program for years. Despite plenty of air time during major news stories, audiences were hard-pressed to put a name to a face when he and former “20/20” host Elizabeth Vargas began delivering the nightly news in January 2006, following the death of longtime anchor Peter Jennings from lung cancer in August 2005. More at home abroad than in a New York studio, Woodruff…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2006

    Named the new co-anchor of ABC’s World News Tonight alongside Elizabeth Vargas

  • 2006

    Seriously injured by a roadside bomb while covering the war in Iraq just weeks after taking over the news anchor desk

  • 2005

    Became the first American to report from inside North Korea since 2000

  • 1999

    Reported on the impeachment proceeding of President Clinton and the Elian Gonzalez custody/citizenship battle

  • 1997

    Covered the trial of Oklahoma City bomber, Timothy McVeigh

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