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George Robert Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is an American journalist, a former U.S. Democratic Party political advisor, and chief anchor of ABC News. Stephanopoulos rose to early prominence as a communications director for the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign of Bill Clinton,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interviews - George Stephanopoulos - The Clinton Years - FRONTLINE - PBS )〕 subsequently becoming White House Communications Director, then Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy before departing in December 1996. Today he is chief anchor and chief political correspondent for ABC News, co-anchor of ABC News' ''Good Morning America'', and host of ABC's Sunday morning ''This Week''. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Membership Roster )〕 Stephanopoulos is also a common fill-in anchor for ABC World News Tonight with David Muir. ==Early life and education== Stephanopoulos was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, the son of Nickolitsa "Nikki" Gloria (née Chafos) and Robert George Stephanopoulos. His parents are both of Greek descent.〔Stated on ''Finding Your Roots'', PBS, November 18, 2014〕 His father is a Greek Orthodox priest and Dean ''Emeritus'' of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City,〔Staff writer (undated). ("Fr. Robert George Stephanopoulos" ). Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Retrieved December 20, 2009.〕 and his mother was for many years director of the national news service of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.〔 In his youth, George also became a follower of his parents' faith and long considered entering the priesthood himself. Following some time in Purchase, New York, Stephanopoulos moved to the eastern suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio where he attended Orange High School in Pepper Pike. While at Orange, Stephanopoulos wrestled competitively. In 1982, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Columbia University in New York. Stephanopoulos was the salutatorian of his class and was also awarded a Harry S. Truman Scholarship.〔(Our 1980 Truman Scholars ).〕 At Columbia, he was a sports broadcaster for WKCR-FM, the university's radio station. Stephanopoulos' father always wanted his son to become a lawyer, if not a priest. Promising him he would attend law school eventually, George took a job as an aide to Cleveland member of Congress Ed Feighan in Washington, D.C.. Stephanopoulos then attended Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, earning a M.A. in Theology in 1984. He maintains he spent much of his time trying to root his political leanings in the deeper philosophies that he studied there. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Stephanopoulos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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