From Access Hollywood (whose day is complete without it):

Katie Couric, who takes over the CBS Evening News in September told Access Hollywood that at this point, she would not venture into the Middle East hot spot.
“I think the situation there is so dangerous, and as a single parent with two children, that’s something I won’t be doing,” Katie said.

Good call. The U.S. military should be so wise. Remember Lori Piestewa, taken POW and killed in Iraq in 2003? She was a single mother of two. What was she doing anywhere near a war zone?