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"This morning, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, 36, gave an emotional goodbye to ABC&amp;#039;s The View, the Emmy award\u2013winning TV show she&amp;#039;s co-hosted since 2003. She&amp;#039;s headed to Fox News this fall. &amp;quot;I have been a long-time fan of Fox &amp;amp;amp; Friends,&amp;quot; she said, &amp;quot;and am excited to be joining their team in September as it is an honor to call the Fox News Channel my new television home.&amp;quot; Although excited for the transition, she admitted she owes a lot to the show that made her a household name. She individually thanked her co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepard and Joy Behar, calling the last 10 years &amp;quot;nothing short of extraordinary.&amp;quot; Saving her lengthiest farewell for Barbara Walters, founder of the show, she tearfully said, &amp;quot;I believe I&amp;#039;ve had over 3,000 days working by your side, and I think it&amp;#039;s fair to say that over the course of a decade I feel as though I have attended the Barbara Walters School of Broadcasting and Journalism\u2026I feel more than prepared at this point because of all you&amp;#039;ve given me, more than prepared and confident to move forward.&amp;quot; In return, Walters said it has been wonderful working with her for the past 10 years. &amp;quot;I have enormous affection for you. You&amp;#039;re going to leave a big void at this table.&amp;quot; Speculation about her departure, stemming from Hasselbeck&amp;#039;s strong right-wing stances, has been brewing since last March. However, ABC said that Hasselbeck&amp;#039;s stalwart passion and beliefs added to the show, &amp;quot;even if they were not the most popular opinions at the table.&amp;quot; On the Fox News end, CEO Roger Ailes said he&amp;#039;s excited to welcome Hasselbeck&amp;#039;s engaging personality. &amp;quot;She has proven to be an excellent conversationalist, and I am certain she will make a great addition to our already successful morning franchise.&amp;quot; Hasselbeck will take the place of Gretchen Carlson, who will host her own hour-long daytime series on Fox News. Nearly the entire cast of The View will differ by next summer. Joy Behar, who joined ABC in 1997, said she will be leaving her position in early August, the first talent change since 2007. In May, Barbara Walters announced she will retire in summer 2014 but will stay on to produce the show. What do you think of Hasselbeck&amp;#039;s move to Fox News? Share your thoughts in the comments below. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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