CNN Correspondent Takes Leave of Absence

The Huffington Post

Foreign correspondent Michael Ware, the face of CNN’s coverage of Iraq, is on leave from the network.

The network says that Ware, who has been conspicuously absent from CNN, is on leave to write a book.

“Michael is currently on a leave of absence writing a book,” a CNN spokesperson told the Huffington Post. “We don’t discuss individual contracts.”

AllThingsCNN, a blog covering the network, speculates that Ware will not be returning to CNN More…