Emmy Award-winning reporter Bob Franken has been there live throughout 30 years’ worth of unfolding dramas, reporting on national political campaigns, international conflicts and major natural disasters. He covered combat in both Iraq wars, the White House during the George W. Bush Administration, the impeachment proceedings of President Bill Clinton, the Supreme Court and Capitol Hill. He forced world attention on the Guantanamo Bay prison camp with extensive, on-location reporting.

With over 20 years at CNN, Franken served as the network’s White House and Supreme Court reporter and Capitol Hill correspondent. He covered breaking news including the 9/11 attacks and numerous presidential and congressional campaigns. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Franken began his broadcast career in Marshfield, Wisconsin. He has worked as a reporter and anchorman in Cleveland, Ohio; bureau manager at the NBC affiliate in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and as a deputy assignment manager for CBS News in Washington, DC.

One of Franken’s most memorable stories was his exclusive coverage of the escape of Iraq War American POWs who had been given up for dead. He had the incredible experience of changing the agony of their families to sheer joy by reporting the news from 8,000 miles away.

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