According to her ABC News biography, Raddatz was the network's White House correspondent during the George W. Bush administration after serving as senior national security correspondent and State Department correspondent.

She has traveled widely, including 21 trips to Iraq and multiple visits to Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Before joining ABC, Raddatz was NPR's Pentagon correspondent for five years, during which time she made numerous trips to Europe covering the war in the former Yugoslavia.

Raddatz has won four Emmy awards and other prizes for her work.

Raddatz's 2007 book, "The Long Road Home -- a Story of War and Family," was a New York Times and Washington Post best-seller.