Peter Cook is an American communications consultant, journalist, and former government official, currently serving as executive vice president and chief communications officer of the

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. He served as press secretary to

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and as the

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, replacing Maura Sullivan. He previously served as the Washington anchor for

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Personal life

Cook was born and raised in

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He attended St. Albans School before graduating from St. George's School in Rhode Island. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

and Master of Arts from the

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Career

Cook began his career in broadcast journalism as an intern for ''Nightline'' and hosted shows on Duke Union Community Television. After college, Cook spent ten years in local news as an anchor and reporter. In 2000, he helped launch ''EnergyNewsLive.com''. He served as News Director and Washington Bureau Chief for the web-based energy news service, leading the publication's coverage of the California power crisis and the Enron collapse. Cook worked as a producer and reporter for

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and

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. He was assigned to

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during the

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. Cook joined Bloomberg Television in October 2003. As Washington anchor and correspondent, he co-anchors Bloomberg’s morning programming and reports on the intersection of business and government. He has interviewed

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, and

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. Cook hosted Bloomberg's "Money & Politics". He anchored the network's primary season and election night coverage, interviewing the major candidates including

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and

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. Cook routinely covers the Fed, Treasury, White House and Congress. Previously he did extensive reporting on the Gulf Coast's recovery from

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, and traveled to

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with Secretary Paulson for a closer look at the economic relationship between the U.S. and China.

References

External links

Bloomberg News - ''Shelby Says Bernanke Didn't Bring Leadership to Fed: Video'' 12.17.09Bloomberg News - ''Cantwell Says `We Should Go Back to Glass-Steagall' Act: Video'' 12.16.09Bloomberg News - ''Feinberg Says Pay Plan Goal Is to Make Firms Repay U.S.: Video'' 12.11.09Media Bistro - ''FishbowlDC Interview: Cook Cook'' 04.16.09
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