And then theres always the crying and the weeping that we hear-children, women, even men. And these images and these sounds are always with me.

I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get.

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.

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.

Because I am foreign I was assigned to the foreign desk. I kid you not, its true.

I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.

In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press.