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32-Year NBC News Vet Fletcher Leaves

NBC News Tel Aviv bureau chief and correspondent Martin Fletcher is leaving the network after 32 years. He is exiting to write his third book, a novel. NBC New president Steve Capus said: "NBC News will always be his home and we are excited about some future projects that we will work together on." NBC says a replacement for Fletcher will be named shortly

Fletcher recently toured the U.S. to mark the paperback release of his 2008 memoir, "Breaking News." His second book, due out next fall with the working title "Walking Israel: A Personal Search for the Soul of the Nation," looks at the country's people and places -- "Israel as it is," Fletcher says.

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