NEW YORK: Top US television anchor Brian Williams said Saturday he was taking himself off the air for "several days" as he faces an internal investigation for embellishing an Iraq war story.

Williams, 55, who reportedly earns $10 million a year and is watched by an estimated nine million Americans a night, admitted earlier this week that a story he often repeated on air about coming under fire was not true.

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