Quijano began her career as an intern at WCIA-TV in Champaign , Illinois , in 1994 , and later became a reporter/producer/anchor there . In 1998 , Quijano left WCIA to become a general assignment reporter for WFTS-TV in Tampa , Florida . Quijano was a correspondent for CNN Newsource , an affiliate of CNN , starting in December 2000 . She covered the September 11 , 2001 attacks and traveled to Kuwait City shortly before the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 . She remained in Kuwait for about a month . Quijano also covered the 2003 Space Shuttle '' Columbia '' disaster and the Beltway sniper attacks . In 2004 , Quijano joined CNN/US as a Washington , D.C.-based general assignment correspondent . She covered the Pentagon , the Supreme Court , the 2004 re-election campaign of President George W. Bush and campaign of vice presidential candidate John Edwards . In 2006 , she was named a White House correspondent for CNN . In that role , Quijano covered major stories of the George W. Bush administration , including the War on Terror , the unsuccessful bid for comprehensive immigration reform , and the 2008 financial crisis
September 11 , 2001 attacks
September 11 attacks
Elaine Quijano