Candy Crowley Will Host CNN's Sunday Morning Political Show

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CNN's "State of the Union" is getting a new host -- correspondent Candy Crowley, who will replace current anchor John King starting this Sunday. Crowley is not the first woman to anchor one of the Sunday morning political talk shows, but she will be the only one currently doing so.

Crowley is known for her campaign coverage, notably the 2008 general election. She is replacing King as anchor, but it was the departure of Lou Dobbs that opened up the spot. Dobbs quit CNN in November amid tensions about his frequent on-air tirades against illegal immigration. King will be move from Sunday morning to weekday evenings to take over Dobbs' vacated spot.

A change of personnel won't be the new show's only difference. Crowley's show will last one hour -- not quite the four-hour behemoth that "State of the Union's" previous incarnation blocked off -- and it will air at 9 a.m.

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