War Reporter Now Fighting Baby Drama

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Posted: 2008-07-09 15:15:35
NEW YORK (July 9) - Lara Logan, the chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, tells The Washington Post she is pregnant, and the father is a married federal contractor whom she met while stationed in Iraq.

Logan's relationship with Joseph Burkett - who's in the midst of a divorce from wife Kimberly, with whom he has a 3-year-old daughter - has made media headlines, including the front page of the New York Post.


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Logan is going through a divorce from estranged husband Jason Siemon, a Chicago-based energy lobbyist whom she married in 1998.

"Nobody likes to read about themselves like that, especially the way it's been sensationalized," Logan, 37, told The Washington Post. "I hated it. But I'm just going to rise above it and keep going."

Logan, whose pregnancy was unplanned, told the newspaper her due date is in January, and she's "looking forward to being a mom."

Logan - a South Africa native who began dating Burkett following her November breakup with CNN correspondent Michael Ware - said she and Burkett plan to marry eventually.

Logan's publicist, Tom Keaney, declined to comment.

The reporter - known for her intrepid war coverage - was promoted to CBS' chief foreign affairs correspondent last month, and is based in Washington.

Logan, a contributor to "60 Minutes," has won numerous reporting accolades, including an Emmy and Overseas Press Club Award.

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Duke12582 03:28:29 PM Jul 12 2008

Come live in a warzone like me for a year and tell me your not gonna get frisky! Also, when your going through a divorce on both sides then im sure it's ok.

poohbear675967 01:27:07 PM Jul 12 2008

I agree Dave. People are people and they make mistakes. She shouldn't lose her job over it. Since when are journalists the moral standard for our children? We need to be the moral standard ourselves.

sdave7596 01:23:29 PM Jul 12 2008

You all are hilarious....have seen this woman in a few "60 Minutes" segments - actually, she is a good reporter and a damn good looking woman. Her being pregnant has nothing to do with her job. For all of you wagging your finger in judgment, no doubt if we examined your lives closely we would find all kinds of dirt....

poohbear675967 01:05:49 PM Jul 12 2008

Crucify the journalist, but the president who was doing MOANica in the oval office....Adultery is adultery. It is wrong. Even if he was going through a divorce, she should have kept her legs closed until the divorce was over. It's all about respect people.

rskillsta 12:22:58 PM Jul 12 2008

Logan will name the child Saddam, if it's a boy, or Sadiedam, if it's a girl.

stewgots07 12:09:06 PM Jul 12 2008

Ok look......I don't mind so much looking at this woman's breasts for 4 days in a row ....but AOL ...please....this story is REAl old now ....enough is enough !

sondravvag 11:38:36 AM Jul 12 2008

She should be fired for setting such a bad example to youg people. And we wonder why the teenage unwed mother problem has skyrocketed. Add to that she became pregnant by a married man and that sets the boundary for promiscuous behavior at an even lower level............no integrity, no boundaries, no moral thought, no common sense. Too bad for America. And to think she is"excited" and pleased with herself. He too should be fired. We need to bring a sense of shame and dignity back into life and display appropriate beavior. Its a shame.

foxnpcola 11:19:46 AM Jul 12 2008

it is her business, leave her alone........................

coletteobrien5 11:15:50 AM Jul 12 2008

KARMA-----she will lose him the way she got him!

r1co55 10:34:05 AM Jul 12 2008

honestly im not as concerned about her little affair , as i am about what she had to say on the video about the war and our military .

ryansimages 10:32:32 AM Jul 12 2008

Maurice, Thats the problem,his whizzing bullet exploded inside her

kherman925 10:15:44 AM Jul 12 2008

Here's proof that Iraq is too dangerous a place to be screwing around in.

mauricedargent 10:15:15 AM Jul 12 2008

...the whizzing bullets...the exploding bombs...its all so heady and invigorating...oh, hold me, joseph, i am so frightened...um, joe, is that a concealed weapon you're carrying or are you just glad to see me?

bloghry 10:00:14 AM Jul 12 2008

I agree with photoguy

RedSmirk 09:56:30 AM Jul 12 2008

Please, I don't even need to read the comments to see how holier-than-thou this board is going to be...As if every marriage is a fairy tale, every woman a victim, every man an SOB...you all are angry, bitter people. I suggest counselling for your own terrible divorces.

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