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Bob Simon (born c. 1941) is a CBS News correspondent.

From 1964-67, Simon served as an American Foreign Service officer and was a Fulbright Scholar in France and a Woodrow Wilson scholar. From 1969-71, he served a tour in the CBS News London bureau. From 1971-77, he was based in the London and Saigon bureaus where he served as a Vietnam War correspondent. From 1977-81, he was assigned to the CBS News Tel Aviv bureau.

From 1981-82, he spent time in Washingon, D.C., as the CBS News State Department correspondent. From 1982-87, Simon served as a New York-based CBS News national correspondent. In 1987, Simon was named the CBS News Chief Middle Eastern correspondent.

During the opening days of the Gulf War in January 1991, he along with CBS News staffers were captured by Iraqi forces and spent 40 days in Iraqi prisons; he later chronicled the experience in the book, "40 Days."

In 1996, Simon joined "60 Minutes" as a correspondent, and in 1998 he was named a "60 Minutes II" correspondent. Notable stories he has done recently include the first profile of the so-called "Lost Boys of Sudan" and the exclusive interview with Shiite insurgency leader Muqtada al-Sadr. He currently serves as the senior foreign correspondent for 60 Minutes.

Awards

  • Recipient of the Edward Weintal Prize given by Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy in recognition of "distinguished reporting on foreign policy and diplomacy"
  • 5-time Emmy Award winner
  • 4-time Overseas Press Club recipient
  • Winner of the George Foster Peabody Award
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60 Minutes Correspondents
CurrentAnderson Cooper • Katie Couric • Steve Kroft • Lara Logan • Scott Pelley • Morley Safer • Bob Simon • Lesley Stahl • Mike Wallace
FormerChristiane Amanpour • Ed Bradley • Dan Rather • Harry Reasoner • Diane Sawyer • Meredith Vieira
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Vietnam War correspondents
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Broadcast journalistsPeter Arnett • Ed Bradley • Walter Cronkite • Murray Fromson • Bernard Kalb • Douglas Kiker • Dale Minor • Roger Mudd • Robert Pierpoint • Dan Rather • Clete Roberts • Morley Safer • Bob Simon
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CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports.

Current productions

Current television shows

  • CBS Morning News
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Motto
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"


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Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856–February 3, 1924), was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. A devout Presbyterian and leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as president of Princeton University then became the reform governor of New
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Canary Wharf is the centre of London's modern office towers
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
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Ho Chi Minh City
Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh
Formerly Saigon ( Vietnamese: Sài Gòn) still used by residents

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Country Vietnam
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Total dead: ~314,000
Total wounded: ~1,490,000 North Vietnam and NLF
dead and missing: ~1,100,000 [1] [2] [3] [4]
wounded: ~600,000+ [5]
People's Republic of China
dead: 1,446
wounded: 4,200

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Tel Aviv-Yafo (Hebrew: תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ‎[2]
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United States
Department of State

Seal of the United States Department of State
Agency overview
Formed July 27, 1789

Headquarters Harry S Truman Building
Employees 30,266 (2004)
Annual Budget $35.
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Nickname(s): The Empire State
Motto(s): Excelsior!

Official language(s) None

Capital Albany
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Gulf War or Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991)[4][5] was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force from 35 nations[6]
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60 Minutes is an investigative television newsmagazine on United States television, which has run on CBS News since 1968. The program was created by long time producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation.
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Muqtada al-Sadr (مقتدى الصدر Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr
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Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university, located in Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown neighborhood. Father John Carroll founded the school in 1789, though its roots extend back to 1634.
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Emmy Award

Emmy Award
Awarded for Excellence in television
Presented by ATAS/NATAS
Country  United States
First awarded 1949
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George Foster Peabody (July 27, 1852 – March 4, 1938) was born in Columbus, Georgia to George Henry Peabody and Elvira (Canfield) Peabody — both native New Englanders who had moved there from Connecticut.
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60 Minutes is an investigative television newsmagazine on United States television, which has run on CBS News since 1968. The program was created by long time producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation.
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correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is in a foreign country.
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Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3, 1967) is an Emmy Award winning American journalist, author, and television personality. He currently works as the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°.
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Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC's Today. In 2006, she made a highly publicized move from NBC to CBS, and on September 5, 2006 she became the first woman to solo-anchor of the
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Steve Kroft (born August 22, 1945) is an American journalist and a longtime correspondent for 60 Minutes. His investigative reporting has garnered him much acclaim, including three Peabody Awards and nine Emmy awards, one of which was an Emmy for Lifetime Achievement.
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Scott Pelley (b. July 28, 1957) is an American television journalist, currently working as a correspondent for the CBS News magazine 60 Minutes.

Born in San Antonio, Texas, Pelley grew up in Lubbock.
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Morley Safer (born November 8, 1931) is a reporter and correspondent for CBS News.

Safer was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended Harbord Collegiate Institute when he was young. He later graduated from University of Western Ontario.
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Lesley R. Stahl (born December 16, 1941, in Lynn, Massachusetts) is an American television journalist. As of 2007, she has reported for CBS on 60 Minutes for nearly 16 seasons.
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λChristiane Amanpour, CBE, (born January 12, 1958) (Persian: کریستین امان‌پور) is the chief international correspondent for CNN.
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Edward Rudolph Bradley, Jr. (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was a highly-respected American journalist, best known for 26 years of award-winning work on the CBS News television magazine 60 Minutes.
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Daniel Irvin Rather, Jr. (born October 31, 1931) is the former longtime anchor for the CBS Evening News and is now managing editor and anchor of a television news magazine, Dan Rather Reports, on the cable channel HDNet.
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Harry Reasoner (April 17, 1923 – August 6, 1991) was an American journalist known for his inventive use of language as a television commentator.

Born in Dakota City, Iowa, Reasoner studied journalism at Stanford University and the University of Minnesota.
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