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Woodruff: I'm Going Back to Iraq

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 13, 2009 12:31 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Bob Woodruff returned to Iraq today, 3 years after he and his cameraman were seriously injured in a bombing there, he blogs for ABC. Still rehabbing from a serious brain injury, he says returning was a tough decision. “None of us could ever have imagined then that I would ever be able to go back,” he writes. “But I have wanted to ‘get back on the horse again.’”

Woodruff says it “will be a different horse, probably not as big, not as fast, and without running outside the ‘wire.’” He’ll be sticking to military compounds this time, avoiding streets and battle zones. “Covering this war has changed,” he writes. “I would like to understand first-hand the status of the war, and learn more about what the US role will be.”

News anchor Bob Woodruff, center, talks with US soldiers on Jan. 29, 2006 prior to him and his cameraman Doug Vogt being injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
News anchor Bob Woodruff, center, talks with US soldiers on Jan. 29, 2006 prior to him and his cameraman Doug Vogt being injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq.   (AP Photo/ABC)
In this June 16, 2008 file photo, ABC news journalist Bob Woodruff poses in the press room at the 67th Annual Peabody Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.
In this June 16, 2008 file photo, ABC news journalist Bob Woodruff poses in the press room at the 67th Annual Peabody Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
Bob Woodruff looks out the window of an Army helicopter on route to Taji, Iraq, Jan. 27, 2006 on assignment for ABC News.
Bob Woodruff looks out the window of an Army helicopter on route to Taji, Iraq, Jan. 27, 2006 on assignment for ABC News.   (AP Photo/ABC News, Vinnie Malhotra)
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pg13
Jul 13, 2009 9:42 AM CDT
Oops. I meant Woodward.
pg13
Jul 13, 2009 9:41 AM CDT
Oops. I meant Woodward. Sorry! It was Bob Woodward who was a big fan of the War President.
pg13
Jul 13, 2009 9:40 AM CDT
That's what I was thinking, kokuaguy. Bob Woodruff backed "Bush at War", he should have to serve at least one stint there.
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