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Lara Logan

Television journalist

Born in: South Africa
Lara Logan

Television journalist Lara Logan is currently a full-time correspondent on CBS' 60 Minutes, having previously served as the chief foreign correspondent for CBS News. She was the only American journalist present in Baghdad when the U.S. military invaded the city, and she has also reported from the frontlines of the war in Afghanistan. She won an Emmy for her profile of Medal of Honor-winner Salvatore Giunta, and another for her report, “Ramadi: On the Front Line,” which covered American troops under fire in Iraq. Updated 2010

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