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Article: Charles Gibson Named New ABC Anchor
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- May 23, 2006
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DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer
AP Online
05-23-2006
Dateline: NEW YORK
Charles Gibson arrives for the Good Morning America's 30th anniversary cocktail party at Lincoln Center in New York Oct. 25, 2005. Gibson was named anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight," Tuesday ,May 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada).
ABC appointed Charles Gibson as the new anchor of its struggling "World News Tonight" broadcast on Tuesday, replacing Elizabeth Vargas.
Vargas, who is pregnant and goes on leave later this summer, will return in the fall to co-anchor the "20/20" newsmagazine, ABC said.
ABC's announcement did not specify a role for Bob Woodruff, Vargas' co-anchor on the evening news until he was ...