CBS sticking with Couric for whole game

September 05, 2007 Katie Couric's one-year anniversary as anchor of "CBS Evening News" finds her in Iraq and Syria reporting from the front lines and not answering questions about how poorly the newscast has been doing in the ratings since she started. Couric's surprise trip to Iraq was planned in absolute secrecy but timed a week ahead of the report U.S. Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker will give on the progress of the war. Couric's stint at "CBS Evening News" started with promise, a new approach to the traditional newscast that the network hoped would bring in and keep the millions of viewers who have turned away from the evening newscasts.

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