excellence in journalism. In 2015, Ramos was one of five selected as Time magazine's World's Most Influential People. José Díaz-Balart is currently the anchor for Noticias Telemundo, as well as anchor of NBC Nightly News on Saturdays. Paola Ramos, correspondent for Vice and is a contributor to Telemundo and MSNBC. Ana Cabrera currently works as a television news anchor for CNN in Manhattan. Natalie Morales is the Today Show West Coast anchor and appears on other programs including Dateline NBC and NBC Nightly News. María Elena Salinas CBS News contributor called the "Voice of Hispanic America" by The New York Times Morgan Radford, reporter employed by NBC News and MSNBC, was a production assistant for ESPN. Geraldo Rivera has won a Peabody Award and appears regularly on Fox News programs such as The Five. John Quiñones, co-anchor of the ABC News program, Primetime and now hosts What Would You Do? Rubén Salazar, reporter for the Los Angeles Times and news director for KMEX, which was a Spanish language station. Maria Elvira Salazar, journalist and broadcast television anchor who worked for Telemundo, CNN en Español and Noticiero Univision. Michele Ruiz, former Los Angeles news anchor for KNBC-TV. Giselle Fernández, reporting and guest anchoring for CBS Early Show, CBS Evening News, NBC Today, NBC Nightly News; regular host for Access Hollywood. Elizabeth Pérez, television journalist for CNN en Español. Political strategists Mercedes Schlapp, American lobbyist and columnist for Fox News, including U.S. News & World Report and The Washington Times. Geovanny Vicente, political strategist, international consultant and columnist who writes for CNN. Military Hispanics have participated in the military of the United States and in every major military conflict from the American Revolution onward. 11% to 13% military personnel now are Hispanics and they have been deployed in the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and U.S. military missions and bases elsewhere. Hispanics have not only distinguished themselves in the battlefields but also reached the high echelons of the military, serving their country in sensitive leadership positions on domestic and foreign posts. Up to now, 43 Hispanics have been awarded the nation's highest military distinction, the Medal of Honor (also known as the Congressional Medal of Honor). The following is a list of some notable Hispanics in the military: American Revolution Bernardo de Gálvez (1746–1786) – Spanish military leader and colonial administrator who aided the American Thirteen Colonies in their quest for independence