Kate Bolduan Joins Capitol Hill Unit

CNN Names Kate Bolduan Congressional Correspondent

Kate Bolduan will join CNN’s Capitol Hill unit, it was announced today by David Bohrman, senior vice president of programming and Washington bureau chief. Bolduan will begin her new assignment Monday, April 25.

Previously, Bolduan served as general assignment correspondent, where she covered a wide-range of stories.

Prior to joining CNN Newsource, Bolduan was a general assignment reporter for WTVD-TV in Raleigh, N.C. She began her television career as a production assistant for NBC News and MSNBC in Washington D.C.

Bolduan graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from The George Washington University.




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Thursday Odds & Ends

TVNewser is reporting that Mary Matalin has signed on as a CNN political contributor.
Matalin will appear on various CNN shows as well as twice monthly alongside her husband, Democratic strategist and fellow CNN political contributor James Carville. Those appearances will be on State of the Union with John King beginning this Sunday. Matalin and Carville appeared together often on Meet the Press during the Tim Russert era.
Matalin was formerly a co-host of CNN's Crossfire and CNBC's (later MSNBC's) Equal Time.
Matalin held White House positions including assistant to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney. She was also a strategist in the 1992, 2000 and 2004 Republican presidential campaigns.

Congratulations go to CNN correspondent Kate Bolduan who recently became engaged.

The ladies of The View each talk one-on-one with Larry King, the week of May 4:

Monday, May 4 / 9:00 pm ET
BARBARA WALTERS (Co-Executive Producer/Co-Host, THE VIEW)
Walters talks with King about news of the day and revisits her book Audition, the riveting memoir culminating over forty years of her interviews with heads of state, world leaders, movie stars, criminals, murderers, inspirational figures, and celebrities of all kinds.

Tuesday, May 5 / 9:00 pm ET
JOY BEHAR (Co-Host, THE VIEW)
The irrepressible Joy Behar talks with King on Tuesday, May 5, discussing the latest in politics, pop culture and news of the day.

Wednesday, May 6 / 9:00 pm ET
ELISABETH HASSELBECK (Co-Host, THE VIEW)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck talks with King about her new book, The G Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide and shares her wisdom about living a gluten-free lifestyle, with tips and personal insights about the diet’s benefits.

Thursday, May 7 / 9:00 pm ET
WHOOPI GOLDBERG (Moderator, THE VIEW)
Larry King welcomes back Whoopi Goldberg, discussing news of the day, as well as Goldberg’s latest children’s book, Sugarplum Ballerinas: Toeshoe Trouble.

Friday, May 8 / 9:00 pm ET
SHERRI SHEPHERD (Co-Host, THE VIEW)
Stand-up comedienne, actress and View co-host Sherri Shepherd discusses news of the day and her experience as the newest addition on THE VIEW, in her first interview with Larry King

That is it for me on Thursday nights. I will be back next week on my new night with another Out of the Box. Until then have a great week ~ Sapphire


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Monday catch-up

This morning Kate Bouldan updated the latest information on American journalist Roxana Saberi, who has been sentenced to 8 years in prison in Iran on charges of being a spy:

The Committee to Protect Journalists has several articles

on the Saberi case on their Iran page.

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This morning, John Roberts spoke with Michael Hastings, who has written an article for GQ magazine on the current status in Afghanistan:

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Ben Wedeman reports on a tomb near Alexandria that may hold the remains of Antony and Cleopatra:

Ben's article for CNN.com is here.

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Finally, from this weekend's edition of Your $$$$$ (and considering the state of the economy, shouldn't that be re-titled $$$ or $$ by now?) Ali Velshi and Christine Romans talk to Richard Quest about internet piracy, car-scrapping schemes, and Susan Boyle:

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Reza Aslan will be on AC360 tonight; he is also on The Daily Show tonight, and his new book is out tomorrow! All good stuff!

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