This Week at War
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This Week in Politics was a weekly political news and talk program on CNN
.
Originally started as This Week at War, the program focused on the week's news in regards to U.S.-involved wars, security in the United States
, and terrorism
.
Due to much excitement over the 2008 presidential election season, the title was changed to This Week in Politics in January 2008. Airing on CNN/US
, the program appeared at 6 p.m. ET Saturdays and 2 p.m. ET Sundays, hosted by Tom Foreman
.
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
.
Originally started as This Week at War, the program focused on the week's news in regards to U.S.-involved wars, security in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
.
Due to much excitement over the 2008 presidential election season, the title was changed to This Week in Politics in January 2008. Airing on CNN/US
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, the program appeared at 6 p.m. ET Saturdays and 2 p.m. ET Sundays, hosted by Tom Foreman
Tom Foreman
Tom Foreman is a reporter for CNN in the United States. He is a graduate of Troy University. Foreman is a correspondent in CNN's Washington news bureau, and anchors the segments This Week at War and This Week in Politics....
.
Timeline
- Iraq: A Week at War with Wolf BlitzerWolf BlitzerWolf Isaac Blitzer is an American journalist who has been a CNN reporter since 1990. Blitzer is currently the host of the newscast The Situation Room and was the host of the Sunday talk show Late Edition until it was discontinued on January 11, 2009...
(June 10, 2006) - This Week at War with John Roberts (June 17, 2006 - April 14, 2007) and Tom ForemanTom ForemanTom Foreman is a reporter for CNN in the United States. He is a graduate of Troy University. Foreman is a correspondent in CNN's Washington news bureau, and anchors the segments This Week at War and This Week in Politics....
(April 21, 2007 - January 12, 2008) - This Week in Politics with Tom Foreman (February 23, 2008 - October 25, 2008)
- After Party: Where Do We Go from Here? with Donna BrazileDonna BrazileDonna Brazile is an American author, professor, and political analyst affiliated with the Democratic Party. She was the first African American to direct a major presidential campaign, for Al Gore in 2000...
, David BrodyDavid Brody (correspondent)David Brody is an American journalist, and White House Correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network.- Early career :Brody graduated from Ithaca College in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications...
, Stephen HayesStephen F. HayesStephen F. Hayes is a columnist for The Weekly Standard, a prominent American conservative magazine. Hayes has been selected as the official biographer for Vice President Richard Cheney....
and Hilary RosenHilary RosenHilary Beth Rosen is a partner in the political communications firm, SKDKnickerbocker with offices in DC and New York. Prior to joining SKDK, she was the managing partner of the DC office of the Brunswick Group, a London based PR and communications strategy firm. She joined Brunswick in...
(November 8, 2008 - January 3, 2009)
Trivia
- The show utilized the CNN Command Center in Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, the same studio that The Situation RoomThe Situation RoomThe Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer is an afternoon/early evening newscast on CNN and CNN International hosted by Wolf Blitzer that first aired on August 8, 2005. The show replaces three politics and hard news programs: Judy Woodruff's Inside Politics, Crossfire and Wolf Blitzer Reports.At first,...
uses to air its broadcast.