Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell (born October 20, 1946) graduated with a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. She has been the Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for NBC News since November 1994. She covers burgeoning international issues for all NBC News broadcasts, including NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Today, and MSNBC.

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Mitchell married Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in 1997.

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In July 2005, Mitchell was forcibly ejected from a room after asking Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir some pointed questions. "Can you tell us why the violence is continuing?" (referring to genocide in Sudan's Darfur province). "Can you tell us why the government is supporting the militias?" "Why should Americans believe your promises?" At this point two armed security guards grabbed her and shoved her out the door.

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"It is our job to ask," Mitchell said after the incident. "They can always say `no comment' ... but to drag a reporter out just for asking is inexcusable behavior."

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Prior to the incident, Sudanese officials expressed reservations about allowing American newspaper or television reporters to join the Sudanese press pool. Sean McCormack, the U.S. State Department's assistant secretary for public affairs, said to his Sudanese counterpart, "I'll convey your desires about not permitting reporters to ask questions, but that's all I'll do. We have a free press." McCormack's Sudanese counterpart replied, "There is no freedom of the press here."

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