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Andrea Mitchell Biography

Andrea Mitchell (born October 30, 1946) is an American television journalist, anchor, reporter and commentator for NBC News, based in Washington, D.C.

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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.

Although, Eight, Harm, Morning, Perfect, Thought

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

David, Did You Know, Guilty, Know, Knows

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

Cajole, Federal, Federal Reserve, Husband, Smile, Trying

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

Different, Issue, Issues, Nobody, Talking

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.

Art, College, Liberal, People, Stories

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

Jobs, Work, Thinking, Expect, Think

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.

Care, Cities, People, Rooms

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.

Experiencing, Living, Order, Recreate, Way, World

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.

Brightly, Dark, Grabs, Heart, Lets, Letting Go

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.

Campaigns, Corker, Insider, Loyal, Real, Senator

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

Doe, Kellyanne, Point, Said, Terrible

. . . 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.

Grace, News, Nonstop, People, Unforgiving

[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.

Powerful, Men, Thinking, Plantation, Positions, Capitol

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

Exploding, Philadelphia, Race, Turmoil, War

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.

Bob, Inside Man, Jeff, Men, Telegraph

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