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"An ABC executive has denied that Barbara Walters is planning to retire in 2012. Several online news sources reported this week that during a break in Walters&amp;#039;s recent interview with US President Barack Obama, she was overheard telling him that she is planning to call it quits on her career. Walters is alleged to to have told Obama: &amp;quot;I need one more interview with you because I&amp;#039;m retiring next year.&amp;quot; ABC News senior vice president Jeffrey Schneider swiftly denied rumours of Walters&amp;#039;s possible exit from the network, saying in a statement: &amp;quot;Barbara has joked that she is retiring every year since the Clinton Administration. &amp;quot;Anyone who just did a day trip to Syria, 90-minute prime time special and interview with the President and First Lady hardly sounds like someone retiring from anything.&amp;quot; The View&amp;#039;s official website also posted Schneider&amp;#039;s comments and added: &amp;quot;So there you have it! Disregard the rumors!&amp;quot; Walters started her career in journalism as a researcher for The Today Show in 1961, eventually becoming the program&amp;#039;s first female co-host. Earlier this week, Walters named the Kardashians among her &amp;#039;Most Fascinating People&amp;#039; of 2011, but told them during their interview that they don&amp;#039;t have &amp;quot;any talent&amp;quot;. &amp;gt; Katy Perry, Kardashians in Barbara Walters&amp;#039; &amp;#039;Fascinating People&amp;#039; list &amp;gt; The View Elisabeth Hasselbeck: &amp;#039;Barbara Walters challenges me&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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