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- Claire Shipman was born in 1962 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Contact (1997), CNN: The 1992 State of the Union Address (1992) and ABC News: Inauguration 2009 (2009). She has been married to Jay Carney since September 1998. They have two children. She was previously married to Steven Hurst.
- SpousesJay Carney(September 1998 - present) (2 children)Steven Hurst (divorced)
- She holds a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a B.A. in Russian studies from Columbia, where she graduated magna cum laude in 1986.
- She resides in Washington, D.C. with her husband, Time magazine White House correspondent Jay Carney. Jay is currently communications director to Vice-President Joe Biden.
- She spent 5 years with CNN's Moscow bureau and her Moscow coverage helped CNN earn a National Headliners Award.
- Her reporting on the aborted Soviet coup and 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union won the network a coveted Peabody Award.
- She also received a Dupont Award and an Emmy as one of the key contributors to CNN's coverage of the 1989 Tianamen Square student uprising, as well as a Dupont Award for CNN's coverage of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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