James Ernest Sciutto (born March 10, 1970) is an American news anchor and former government official who has been the chief national security correspondent for CNN since September 2013.

[1] In this role he provides analysis on a variety of topics concerning United States national security, including foreign policy, the military, terrorism, and the intelligence community.

Prior to his appointment as chief of staff, he was senior foreign correspondent for ABC News, based in London.

Following in the footsteps of his mother, who worked as a film editor at WHAS-TV in Louisville, Kentucky, Scuitto began his career in television as the moderator and the producer of the PBS program The Student Press, a weekly public affairs talk show aimed at college students.

[1] In 2006, he married ABC News Correspondent Gloria Riviera in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Manhattan.