Rita Braver (born April 12, 1948) is an American television news correspondent, currently working with CBS News, and who is best known for her investigative journalism of White House scandals such as the Iran-Contra affair. __NOTOC__

Biography

Rita Lynn Braver was born to a

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family on April 12, 1948 and raised in

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. Her father died while she was a teenager.CBS News: "Rita Braver's Mother's Day wish" by Rita Braver
June 4, 2012 She has two sisters: Bettie Braver Sugar and Sharon Braver Cohen. She graduated from the

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with a degree in

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, and spent a few years at

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as a copy girl before moving to

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with her husband and joining

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in 1972 as a producer.The Washingtonian: "Bob Barnett: Master of the Game - If you’re a big name in Washington, odds are Bob Barnett has done a deal or made a connection for you. If he hasn’t, you can always hope" by Kim Eisler
December 1, 2008 From 1983-93, Braver served as CBS News's chief law correspondent. She broke the story of the John Walker spy ring, as well as that of another spy,

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. She also led CBS's coverage of the Iran-Contra affair. She served as CBS's chief

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correspondent during

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's first term, and since 1998 has been chief national correspondent for '' Sunday Morning''.

Personal life

On April 10, 1972, she married Washington, D.C. lawyer Robert B. BarnettNew York Times: "Despite Disclosure, a CBS Report Raises Questions" by Jacques Steinberg
October 11, 2007 (born 1946) whom she met in college. They have a daughter, Meredith Jane Barnett (born 1978); Meredith married Daniel Ross Penn in a

ceremony in

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New York Times: "Meredith Barnett, Daniel Penn"
April 6, 2008

References

External links

Articles at ''HuffPost''Profile at CBS News
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