page_title: George Stephanopoulos
section_title: 2009–present: Good Morning America and return to This Week
hierarchical_section_title: George Stephanopoulos / Career / Journalism / ABC News / 2009–present: Good Morning America and return to This Week
caption_attribution_description: English: NEW YORK (Feb. 4, 2011) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen is interviewed by Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos. Mullen discussed the civil unrest in Egypt during the morning show interview. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released)
context_page_description: George Robert Stephanopoulos is an American television host, political commentator, and former Democratic advisor. Stephanopoulos currently is chief anchor and political correspondent on ABC News, and a coanchor with Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan on Good Morning America, and host of This Week, ABC's Sunday morning current events news program.
  Before his career as a journalist, Stephanopoulos was an advisor to the Democratic Party. He rose to early prominence as a communications director for the 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton and subsequently became White House communications director. He was later senior advisor for policy and strategy, before departing in December 1996.
context_section_description: In December 2009, ABC News president David Westin offered Stephanopoulos Diane Sawyer's job on Good Morning America after Sawyer was named anchor of World News. Stephanopoulos accepted the new position and began co-anchoring GMA on December 14, 2009. Stephanopoulos announced on January 10, 2010, that that would be his last broadcast as the permanent host of This Week. However, after his successor, Christiane Amanpour, left the show amid sagging ratings, it was announced that Stephanopoulos would return as host of This Week in December 2011. He signed a deal to stay with ABC until 2021 worth $105 million.
  Stephanopoulos was one of the substitute anchors for Sawyer on nights when she was away on assignment or unavailable.
caption: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen is interviewed by Good Morning America's Stephanopoulos.
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