In 2000 Frank became the BBC's Middle East correspondent in Cairo and began covering the "war on terror" shortly after 11 September 2001.

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"The so-called war on women has resonance, and the Democrats appear to be winning the spin war, " CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley said.

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The killings expose a racial aspect to the war in Mali, which has been hidden by the emphasis on western troops fighting a war against Islamist insurgents, our correspondent says.

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He served as CNN's senior White House correspondent from 1999 to 2005, when his duties included reporting on the Iraq war and the September 11 terrorist attacks.

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