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Ben Wedeman (Benjamin C. Wedeman) was born on 1 September, 1960 in Washington, D.C., United States, is a Journalist War correspondent. Discover Ben Wedeman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

Popular As Benjamin C. Wedeman
Occupation Journalist War correspondent
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 1 September, 1960
Birthday 1 September
Birthplace Washington, D.C., United States
Nationality United States

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Parents Martha Jean Hall Wedeman Miles G. Wedeman
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2012

In August 2012, he was in Aleppo, Syria, covering a battle of the civil war.

2011

In August 2011, Wedeman was in Sabah, Libya, covering the 2011 civil war that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi. Pursuing a lead which led him to an abandoned warehouse, he discovered thousands of barrels containing bags of a yellow powder labeled as radioactive. It was later confirmed by the IAEA that this powder was Yellowcake uranium.

2000

In October 2000, Wedeman was shot in the back while covering a clash between Palestinians and Israelis near the Karni border crossing between Gaza and Israel. Following the September 11 attacks, Wedeman was one of the first journalists to gain access to Iraq prior to the Iraq War. He was the only Western journalist granted access for an interview with Uday Hussein.

1988

1988-1992 he worked for ICARDA (International Center for Agricultural Researches in Dry Areas), in STIP department (Scientific and Technical Information Program) as The Day (Al Yaoum) press release auditor Wedeman was originally hired by CNN as a local Jordanian employee in 1994. The job title was "fixer/producer/sound technician"; one of his duties was to help reporting staff get through checkpoints, since he is fluent in multiple dialects of Arabic. He eventually rose to be CNN's Bureau Chief in Amman. From 1998 to 2006, Cairo, Egypt, Wedeman was CNN's bureau chief in Cairo, where he led CNN's coverage of the uprising against then-President Hosni Mubarak as well as the wider unrest in the Middle East. In 2009, CNN appointed Kevin Flower as their Jerusalem bureau chief and appointed Wedeman as that bureau's correspondent.

1974

Wedeman attended boarding schools in Beirut, Lebanon (in 1974-75, just as the civil war broke out); Tangier, Morocco; and Windsor, Connecticut. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in Oriental Languages and Linguistics in 1982 and from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies with a master's degree in Middle Eastern Studies.

1968

Wedeman spent most of his childhood outside the United States, after having moved with his family to South Korea in 1968. Subsequently, the family moved to Bangkok and Phnom Penh, Cambodia (during the Cambodian Civil War). His father also served in the Ivory Coast and Syria working for USAID.

1960

Benjamin C. Wedeman (born September 1, 1960) is an American journalist and war correspondent. He has been CNN's lead correspondent in Jerusalem since 2009. He has been with the network since 1994, and has earned multiple Emmy Awards and Edward Murrow Awards for team reporting.

1923

Wedeman's father, Miles G. Wedeman (January 23, 1923 ‐ October 23, 2013), was a diplomat and civil servant from Pennsylvania. He was a devout Quaker. His mother, Martha Jean (née Hall) Wedeman was a reporter for the Washington Post.