I feel more sorry for the cameraman - he's just told what to do and where to go - the plastic newsreader (apparently you can't read a teleprompt unless you're an "anchor") didn't HAVE to be there. abc's already GOT 'reporters' there; long term.
Probably he was only there to do headshots and background shots and "anchor" the evening news from Iraq a couple of times. Everything abc needs to crow about how their "anchor" is "in the field".
I hope they both make it out of there but can't think very much about how "brave and noble" they're being made out to be - Soldiers are being killed every day (and abc just treats them as numbers) and these two guys get more 'coverage' on all the networks today than the Soldiers get in a WEEK.