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ABC's Gibson Retires, Making Way For Sawyer

Sep. 2, 2009
ABC World News anchor Charlie Gibson has announced his retirement in January 2010 from fulltime work with ABC News. Good Morning America anchor, Diane Sawyer, has been named his replacement.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- ABC News Monday announced "Primetime" co-anchor Chris Cuomo has been awarded the news anchor chair on the U.S. network's "Good Morning America."

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Gibson set to leave 'Good Morning'

NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- Wednesday marks the last day Charles Gibson is scheduled to be lead anchor of ABC TV's "Good Morning America."

Charles Gibson named ABC News anchor

NEW YORK, May 23 (UPI) -- ABC News Thursday appointed Charles Gibson as the sole anchor of its flagship "World News Tonight."

Gibson headed to 'World News Tonight'

NEW YORK, March 13 (UPI) -- A New York Post columnist reports ABC News has tapped Charles Gibson to replace Bob Woodruff as the anchor of "World News Tonight."

ABC News' Elizabeth Vargas is pregnant

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The tragedy of "World New Tonight" anchor Bob Woodruff's injuries and blessing of anchor Elizabeth Vargas' pregnancy means double trouble for ABC News.

ABC denies Diane Sawyer report

NEW YORK, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- ABC News says Diane Sawyer is not in the running to replace the late Peter Jennings as anchor of "World News Tonight."

ABC News in no hurry to fill anchor chair

DULLES, Va., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- ABC News executives say there are no plans to fill the chair left empty by the death of anchor Peter Jennings any time soon.

'Good Morning America' gets third anchor

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic