[chinamug]

Looks like they had a hard time urging presenters from London to move to DC...

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It was openly advertised. This is a commercial BBC World hire.
None of the dropped presenters have any of the Washington experience she has and none have been the permanent host of a main evening news programme. She has interviewed every US president since Clinton and has many contacts there. Basically she is in a different league.

I would think that job was highly prized by many in London. After all look at Kathy Kay and her career after anchoring on the BBC World News America. In fact, if you add together all the PBS Stations that take that Bulletin as well as the World News Channel itself you've an huge audience. The fact is that she is top notch at anchoring, She has a contacts book that would be second to none. She also has a detailed knowledge of Irish and UK politics, which would rule out a lot of possible American talent  and yes she's Irish which tends to be a plus when dealing with Americans.