NBC correspondent to Bush: Become a diplomat
Via Baltimore Sun
NBC correspondent to Bush: Become a diplomat
by Aamer Madhani
One of the most interesting anecdotes in NBC Iraq correspondent Richard Engel’s new book didn’t take place on the streets of Baghdad but in the Oval Office.
In February 2007, weeks after President Bush announced his plans for the troop buildup in Iraq, Engel, one of the longest serving Western correspondents in Iraq, received an out-of-the-blue invitation to sit down with President Bush, Engel writes in the recently published “War Journal: My Five Years in Iraq.”
NBC Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert warned him to use caution in his off-camera meeting with the president. “Don’t tell them anything you wouldn’t broadcast…You want to make sure you stay a reporter.”
But by Engel’s account, he offered the President a surprising amount of analysis, commentary and advice.
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