Martha Raddatz (born 1953, Salt Lake City, Utah [1]) is an ABC News reporter. In November 2005 she was promoted to Chief White House Correspondent. Before that time she was ABC's senior national security correspondent. She often reports on ABC's World News with Charles Gibson, Nightline, and other news broadcasts. Raddatz has also worked for National Public Radio. She resides in Arlington, VA with her husband Tom Gjelten. She has a daughter, Greta Bradlee. 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Salt Lake City redirects here. ... ABC News logo ABC News is a division of ABC television and radio networks (ABC), owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... A Female Reporter A reporter is a type of journalist who researches and presents information in certain types of mass media. ... World News with Charles Gibson (previously known as World News Tonight and often abbreviated as WNT) is the ABC television networks flagship news program. ... Nightline is a late-night hard news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. ... Offical NPR logo National Public Radio (NPR) is an independent, private, non-profit membership organization of public radio stations in the United States. ... Tom Gjelten is a correspondent for National Public Radio news. ...

On June 8, 2006, Raddatz received a tip that terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been located and killed. This tip allowed Raddatz and ABC News to become the first news organization in the world to break the news shortly after 2:30 AM EST.[2] June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Wikinews has news related to: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in airstrike Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Arabic: ‎, ) (October 20, 1966 – June 7, 2006) led Al-Qaeda in Iraq until his death in June 2006. ... ABC News logo ABC News is a division of ABC television and radio networks (ABC), owned by The Walt Disney Company. ...

On January 9, 2007, Raddatz's mobile phone went off during a White House press briefing with Tony Snow. Of particular humor was her musical ring tone Chamillionaire's, "Ridin'." The press corps and Tony Snow enjoyed a few moments of laughter. [3] January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Hakeem Seriki (born November 28, 1979, in Washington D.C.) is an American, Entreprenuer, Grammy Award winning rapper from the Acres Homes section of Houston, Texas. ... Ridin is the second single from Chamillionaires album, The Sound of Revenge. ...

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• ABC News bio