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Norah O’Donnell\u00a0is a multiple Emmy Award-winning journalist with nearly three decades of experience covering the biggest stories in the world and conducting impactful, news-making interviews. For over five years, she anchored the CBS Evening News,\u00a0the oldest and most revered evening news broadcast in America. Currently O\u2019Donnell is a CBS News\u2019 Correspondent and 60 Minutes\u00a0correspondent. She is also the author of the New York Times\u00a0bestselling book \u201cWE THE WOMEN,\u201d which offers a vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union. O\u2019Donnell is married to Geoff Tracy, otherwise known as Chef Geoff, and is the mother of three children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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