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Matt Young
Matt YoungNight Editor

Matt is the night editor and one of news.com.au’s longest serving journalists. He has worn many digital hats including news editor, weekend editor, commissioning editor and senior journalist. His most rewarding achievement was as news.com.au’s first US correspondent in New York which saw him face-to-face with Donald Trump and go behind the scenes of Sesame Street where he interviewed Cookie Monster and Elmo. With more than 15 years of experience in journalism, including more than 10 years at NewsCorp, Matt is a vibrant, energetic newshound who knows what gets you talking, what makes you laugh and what makes you furious.

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15/01/2009 WIRE: TO GO WITH AFP STORY US-POLITICS-INAUGURATION-BUSH (FILES) US President George W. Bush has his early morning school reading event interrupted by his Chief of Staff Andrew Card (L) on 11 September, 2001, shortly after news of the New York City airplane crashes was available in Sarasota, Florida. At noon on January 20, George W. Bush hands successor Barack Obama two unfinished wars and a worldwide economic meltdown and leaves historians the job of judging his tumultuous eight-year presidency. The 43rd US president also bequeaths the controversial tactics of the global "war on terror" that he credits for protecting the United States after the September 11, 2001 attack -- the worst strike ever on US soil. AFP Photo/FILES/ Paul J. RICHARDS

US under attack: as it happened

ARI Fleischer was with George W. Bush when the President was told ‘America is under attack’. Today, he’s revealed never-before-seen detail from that day.

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