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Williams marks five years at NBC helm

Timeline: Highlights of 5 years

On December 2, 2004, Brian Williams replaced Tom Brokaw as anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News. View highlights, interviews and reports from the first five years.

Map: Videos of field reports

View a map of field reports from 2005-2009

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Firefighters from afar converge in Southern California

Sept. 2: NBC’s Brian Williams tours the makeshift command post for the firefighting effort in Southern California, where federal, state and local resources have formed a united front.

Firefighters remembered as battle continues

Firefight: A view from the battlegrounds

Brian's songs

Playing with fire: NBC News visits Engine 23

What’s a pump panel? Brian Williams knows

Brian Williams: Will G20 leaders have enough time?

Laughs with Brian Williams on TODAY

Backstage Pass: V-Day at 30 Rock

Touring the Treasury Department

New Orleans on the eve of the storm

Headlines from Brian Williams' Tehran interview

Behind-the-scenes at Obama speech in Berlin

Ich bin ein Starbucks?

On the record

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Chris Rock, Nia Long on ‘the hair divide’

Oct. 8: The comedian and director of the new documentary “Good Hair” tells NBC’s Brian Williams, ‘When I was growing up…anything that was black wasn’t good hair.’

Live, from NY: The Great Lake Swimmers' Tony Dekker

Obama: GM of ‘huge importance’ to economy

Commander Castellano: 'The mission was accomplished'

With Geithner, it's getting personal

One-on-one with President Obama

Lewis: 'It was worth the pain'

Rep. John Lewis: 'It is still unreal'

U2 on Obama’s inauguration

Embracing Yo-Yo Ma's 'venture culturalism'

Yo-Yo Ma and Brian Williams play the cello

Jay Leno's act stays at NBC

Remembering the life and career of Paul Newman

Phelps: ‘I consider myself a normal person’

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Reports from Afghanistan

Reports from Iraq

Reports on Katrina

Williams was the first and only network evening news anchor to report from New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina hit and was the only network news anchor to report from the Superdome during the storm. In March 2007, Williams went to Iraq and reported from throughout the country for several days.

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