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Robert Hager is an NBC News analyst and a former correspondent for the network. Hager started his journalism career in radio before moving to network news. He began his career at NBC in June 1969, covering the Vietnam War. He worked as a regular correspondent for the network for 35 years, before retiring from daily reporting on November 5, 2004.

Early Life
Hager was raised in Woodstock, VT. He was first drawn to journalism after being bedridden due to an ear infection during the summer after fifth grade. With nothing to do, he listened "all day long" to the radio, and "developed a love for news and sports."

Career
After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1960, Hager began his career by reporting for radio stations in Lexington, NC and Raleigh, NC. He moved on to local television soon after, reporting for WBTC in Charlotte, NC and NBC-owned WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., before landing a job at NBC News.

Hager started out his career as a foreign correspondent in June 1969, reporting on the Vietnam war. He was soon assigned to NBC's Berlin bureau, where he continued to cover other foreign trouble spots including the overthrow of the Iranian Shah in 1979 and the 1989 invasion of Panama by U.S. troops. Hager also covered four Olympic games for NBC, reporting from Germany during the Black September terrorist attacks of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Hager also covered a wide range of domestic issues. In 1984, he was one of several reporters arrested while reporting from the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. Hager found himself carving out a niche in the areas of transportation and weather. He reported on many major airline accidents, including TWA Flight 800 and Pan Am Flight 103. He also covered many of the major hurricanes that hit the United States during his 35 year tenure.

Although he retired from daily reporting on November 5, 2004, Hager continued to file occasional reports for NBC News, including returning to the air to help cover the 2006 coal mine disaster in West Virginia.

Personal Life
Hager and his wife, Honore, have three daughters and five grandchildren. One of his daughters, Christina Hager, is a general assignment reporter at Boston's CBS 4.