Happy Hour Vid: Amanpour's Interrogation Skills in Action

John Hudson Mar 23, 2010
ABC is taking a lot of heat for hiring CNN's Christiane Amanpour as host of This Week. The Sunday talk show focuses heavily on domestic politics and Amanpour's expertise lies in foreign affairs. But are critics downplaying her tenacity? In this clip, Amanpour takes on former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen. (Who has been taking a fair amount of heat himself--most recently from the New Yorker.)

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