Mr. Stephanopoulos Verified

George Stephanopoulos was named anchor of ABC's Sunday morning program "This Week" in June 2002. He covers a wide range of breaking news stories while also featuring important exclusive interviews.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Stephanopoulos was widely praised for his role as moderator of the Democratic Presidential Debate in Columbia, S.C. He regularly interviews key figures in the Bush Administration, including Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, and Treasury Secretary John Snow. He also conducted several interviews with presidential candidates including Senator Bob Graham, Senator John Kerry, and Governor Howard Dean. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Prior to being named anchor, he was an ABC News correspondent, reporting on a wide variety of political, domestic and international stories for "This Week", "World News Tonight", "Good Morning America" and other ABC News programs and special event broadcasts. Stephanopoulos joined ABC News in 1997 as a news analyst for "This Week", and since covered such diverse stories as the 2000 presidential election, the escalation of violence in the Middle East, the events of September 11th and their aftermath, and the war on terrorism. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Prior to joining ABC News, Stephanopoulos served in the Clinton administration as the senior advisor to the president for policy and strategy. He was a key strategist in both Clinton Presidential campaigns and was involved in the development of virtually all major policy initiatives during President Clinton's first term in office. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Stephanopoulos is the author of "All Too Human", a No. 1 New York Times best-seller on President Clinton's first term and the 1992 and 1996 Clinton/Gore campaigns. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Stephanopoulos grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his Master's degree in theology at Balliol College at Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University and graduated summa cum laude in political science.

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