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While I was in college, I became a page at ABC. Suddenly I was working for Good Morning America, local news, national news. The page is the lowest rung of the ladder, and it's the also the place where you can ask any question and not feel dumb.

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Anne Sweeney
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: November 4
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