Tom Foreman
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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.
Foreman joined CNN in 2004 and is based in the Washington, D.C. bureau where he covers a wide-range of topics for the network and can be seen reporting for programs including Anderson Cooper 360° and The Situation Room.
In 2005, Foreman won a National Headliner Award for a feature about an American soldier who brought the Christmas spirit to a Luxembourg town during World War II.
Foreman’s reporting career began at a small radio station in Alabama while he was still in high school. After college, he worked for WSFA in Montgomery, Ala., and then for WWL-TV, tje CBS affiliate in New Orleans, where he worked as a reporter. For 10 years, he worked as a roving reporter for them from its Denver bureau. His international experience has taken him through more than 20 countries for coverage of earthquakes, civil wars, economic upheavals and social unrest.
Foreman moved to Washington in 2000 to become the senior anchor for National Geographic and managing editor for Inside Base Camp, for which he won an Emmy award as best interviewer.
Foreman graduated magna cum laude from Troy State University.
's first press conference as President-Elect.
CNN
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in the United States
United States
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. He is a graduate of Troy University
Troy University
Troy University is a public university that is located in Troy, Alabama, United States. It was originally founded in 1887 as Troy Normal School. Its main campus enrollment is 7,194 students. The total enrollment of all Troy University campuses is 29,689...
. Foreman is a correspondent in CNN's Washington
Washington, D.C.
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news bureau
News bureau
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, and anchors the segments This Week at War and This Week in Politics.
Foreman joined CNN in 2004 and is based in the Washington, D.C. bureau where he covers a wide-range of topics for the network and can be seen reporting for programs including Anderson Cooper 360° and The Situation Room.
In 2005, Foreman won a National Headliner Award for a feature about an American soldier who brought the Christmas spirit to a Luxembourg town during World War II.
Foreman’s reporting career began at a small radio station in Alabama while he was still in high school. After college, he worked for WSFA in Montgomery, Ala., and then for WWL-TV, tje CBS affiliate in New Orleans, where he worked as a reporter. For 10 years, he worked as a roving reporter for them from its Denver bureau. His international experience has taken him through more than 20 countries for coverage of earthquakes, civil wars, economic upheavals and social unrest.
Foreman moved to Washington in 2000 to become the senior anchor for National Geographic and managing editor for Inside Base Camp, for which he won an Emmy award as best interviewer.
Foreman graduated magna cum laude from Troy State University.
Controversy
Foreman came under fire from the left after producing a segment for Anderson Cooper 360 which criticized Barack ObamaBarack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
's first press conference as President-Elect.