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Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell Biography

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Andrea Mitchell is an accomplished American journalist renowned for her long career in the news industry and her in-depth coverage of international politics. Born on October 30, 1946, she has been a senior international correspondent for 'NBC Nightly News' since 1976, becoming the first female chief news analyst for the program.

Andrea Mitchell is an accomplished American journalist renowned for her long career in the news industry and her in-depth coverage of international politics. Born on October 30, 1946, she has been a senior international correspondent for 'NBC Nightly News' since 1976, becoming the first female chief news analyst for the program.

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“Haiti is the kind of place that grabs your heart, and never lets go ... When you arrive in Port-au-Prince, the first thing that strikes you is how vibrant the colors are. Buses, buildings, fences, clothing, everything is brightly painted in primary hues. On closer inspection, you see the reality behind this brightly colored landscape: a dark, grinding poverty, the worst in the Western hemisphere.”

“journalism was for me more than a business or a profession. It was a way of living, of experiencing the world even as I instantly distanced myself from it, in order to recreate what I'd witnessed for the public.”

World Way Order Profession Journalism Experiencing The World

Book:Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

Source: Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

“I learned everything I ever need to know about questioning artful dodgers by covering the most artful of them all, Ronald Reagan. For Reagan, performance was as much a part of governing as understanding the details of the federal budget.”

Knows Needs Understanding Performances Details Budgets Questioning Governing Covering Dodgers

Book:Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

Source: Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

“If you think you can do two full-time jobs, people will expect you to do three.”

People Ifs Thinking Two Jobs Three Can Do Work Full Time Jobs

Book:Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

Source: Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

“Washington was not just a city of marble buildings and smoke-filled rooms and power brokers, but also a town full of people who do care about each other, in good times and bad.”

People Care Rooms Cities Building Towns Filled Smoke Good Times Marble Brokers

Book:Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

Source: Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

“[On reporters trying to cajole a smile from her husband, Alan Greenspan:] For a Federal Reserve chairman, that was a smile.”

Trying Husband Reserves Reporters Chairman Federal Reserve

Author:Andrea Mitchell

“... I still have sympathy for some of the people who've fallen from grace in Washington. The feeding frenzy can be so unforgiving, especially in this day of nonstop cable news.”

People Stills Grace News Fallen This Day Feeding Cables Frenzy Unforgiving Cable News

Book:Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

Source: Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

“[On women in previously all-male fields:] I think it will change in a lot of workplaces. I'm not so sure it will ever change on Capitol Hill until more women are in powerful positions. Because this is the last plantation for men.”

Thinking Men Lasts Powerful Fields Position Males Hills Workplace Capitol Plantations Capitol Hill

Author:Andrea Mitchell

“... there was a part of me that wanted to be liked, and despite all my years of reporting, I never quite adjusted to the role of skunk at the garden party.”

Years Wanted Party Roles Garden Despite Never Quit

Book:Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

Source: Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

“Senator [Bob] Corker has been, first of all, discreet and loyal. He has not signaled the internal mechanisms. He`s been pretty honestly saying, I wasn`t a real insider in the campaign.”

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Author:Andrea Mitchell

“[Bob] Corker was an early endorser.”

Author:Andrea Mitchell

“Bob Corker was not the inside man that, certainly, Senator [Jeff] Sessions was. And he doesn`t telegraph what`s going on. He`s been much more discreet about that.”

Men Bob Senators Session Discreet Telegraph Inside Man

Author:Andrea Mitchell

“If Rudy Giuliani`s offense was that "Wallstreet Journal" did a round table where he openly campaigned for it, and said he didn`t want to be attorney general and that he was better qualified for it, then certainly Senator [Bob] Corker would seem to be, you know, among the best choices.”

Ifs Knows Want Said Seems Choices Tables Rounds Be You Bob Senators Offense Journal Qualified Attorney Rudy

Author:Andrea Mitchell

“[Mitt] Romney looks the part and is well known around the world and has a lot of experience.”

World Wells Looks Known Around The World Well Known Romney

Author:Andrea Mitchell

“How does [Mitt Romney] explain all of those terrible things he said, you know, that - to the Kellyanne [Conwey] point.”

Knows Doe Said Terrible Romney Terrible Things

Author:Andrea Mitchell

“You`ve got David Petraeus who, yes, did, you know, something for which he pleaded guilty.”

Knows Guilty Did You Know

Author:Andrea Mitchell

“You`ve got James Comey on camera on Capitol Hill saying, - no, it is not much less of an offense than Hillary Clinton. In fact, it is far more serious. It was prosecuted.”

Facts Serious Cameras Clinton Hills Offense Saying No Capitol Capitol Hill

Author:Andrea Mitchell

“Nobody is talking about the different - until you raised the issue.”

Different Talking Issues Raised

Author:Andrea Mitchell

“When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement for civil rights, and you had plenty of elements to fire the imagination of a novice journalist.”

Source: Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

“Socially, Philadelphia was still a fairly provincial city, its business community governed by the mores of the Main Line. Politically, it was a cauldron of ethnic rivalries, dominated by competing Irish and Italian constituencies.”

Stills Community Lines Cities Italian Competing Philadelphia Rivalry Cauldrons

Book:Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

Source: Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

“Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.”

War Race Watches Vietnam Vietnam War Turmoil Philadelphia Exploding

Book:Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

Source: Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

“They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were lousy, they were perfect for an apprentice reporter.”

Hours Perfect Morning Eight Harm Reporters Midnight Apprentice

Book:Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

Source: Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

“When I entered college, it was to study liberal arts. At the University of Pennsylvania, I studied English literature, but I fell in love with broadcasting, with telling stories about other people's exploits.”

People Art Stories Literature Study College University Exploits Telling Stories Pennsylvania Broadcasting English Literature Liberal Arts University Of Pennsylvania

Book:Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

Source: Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

About the Author

Born: October 30, 1946
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 23

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