GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS
George Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is an American journalist, political commentator and former Democratic advisor. Stephanopoulos is currently the chief anchor and the chief political correspondent for ABC News, a co-anchor of Good Morning America, and the host of ABC’s Sunday morning This Week. Stephanopoulos is a regular substitute anchor for ABC World News Tonight. Prior to his career as a journalist, Stephanopoulos was an advisor to the Democratic Party. He rose to early prominence as a communications director for the 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton and subsequently became White House communications director. He was later senior advisor for policy and strategy, before departing in December 1996. (More from Wikipedia)
On This Week with George Stephanopoulos one morning a few years ago, the question of the day for the panel was, Which American President was not a native English language speaker? I don’t think anyone got it, but the answer was Martin Van Buren, the nation’s eighth President. That clicked in my mind immediately as soon as I heard the name; as a fellow “Martin”, I had long admired him. He came from upstate New York and, on December 15, 1782, was baptized “Maarten Van Buren”, in the original Dutch spelling. His family spoke Dutch at home, as many did in the isolated communities in that part of the state.
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