I'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.

Objectivity doesn't mean treating all sides equally. It means giving each side a hearing.

I believe America will always win the war. It's a superpower that no one can challenge. The real challenge is for the United States to win the peace.

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.

Im not an American but I have always had the outsiders respect for the American people and the American way.

I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.