Deborah Charles

Since 1990, Deborah Charles has worked for Reuters as a correspondent around the world with postings in Argentina, Canada, Thailand and Spain. She was appointed to cover the White House in 1999 and switched to the security and justice beat in Washington after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.



Among her major assignments, Charles covered the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the United States in connection with 9/11. She spent several months in Myanmar from 1995 to 1997 after the release from house arrest of Nobel Peace laureate and Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. She also covered the Kosovo conflict in 1998 and 1999, including the NATO bombing in Belgrade.



Charles, 42, is a native of San Francisco and currently lives in Washington. She married commercial pilot Todd Chisholm in 2003 who she met on a cycling tour of the Grand Canyon in 2001. An active cyclist and outdoor enthusiast, she has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and twice cycled the 4-day, 340-mile ride from Raleigh, NC to Washington DC to raise money for HIV/AIDS programs. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2006 and has completed three months of chemotherapy treatment. She recently received a clean bill of health but will continue to take medication for five years to prevent a recurrence of the cancer.