16 Facts About Andrea Mitchell

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Andrea Mitchell was born on October 30,1946 and is an American television journalist, anchor and commentator for NBC News, based in Washington, DC.

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Andrea Mitchell was often a guest on Hardball with Chris Matthews and The Rachel Maddow Show.

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In 2019, Andrea Mitchell earned a Lifetime Achievement Emmy for her journalistic work.

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Andrea Mitchell was raised in a Jewish family, in New Rochelle, New York, the daughter of Cecile and Sydney Andrea Mitchell.

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Andrea Mitchell's father was the chief executive officer and partial owner of a furniture manufacturing company in Manhattan.

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Andrea Mitchell was the president of Beth El Synagogue in New Rochelle for 40 years.

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Andrea Mitchell's mother was an administrator at the New York Institute of Technology in Manhattan.

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Andrea Mitchell has dual American and Canadian citizenship, becoming a member of the Legislative Assembly of Yukon and the leader of the Yukon Liberal Party in the 2000s.

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Andrea Mitchell went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in 1967.

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Andrea Mitchell moved in 1976 to CBS-affiliate WTOP in Washington, DC Two years later, Mitchell moved to NBC's network news operation, where she served as a general correspondent.

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Andrea Mitchell covered the White House from 1981 until becoming chief congressional correspondent in 1988.

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Andrea Mitchell has been with NBC News since late July 1978.

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Andrea Mitchell has been its chief foreign affairs correspondent since November 1994.

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Andrea Mitchell briefly addressed complaints from the Republican National Committee and Romney's campaign the following day.

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Andrea Mitchell married her second husband, then Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan, on April 6,1997, following a lengthy relationship.

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On September 7,2011, Andrea Mitchell revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer during a doctor's visit a few weeks earlier.