Major Garrett

Major Garrett
Born	August 24, 1962 (1962-08-24) (age 49) San Diego, California
Education	University of Missouri (B.J./B.S.)
Occupation	Congressional Correspondent with the National Journal; reporter
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Major Elliott Garrett (born August 24, 1962 in San Diego, California) is a Congressional correspondent with the National Journal.^[1] Prior to joining the National Journal he was the senior White House correspondent for the Fox News Channel. He covered the 2004 presidential election, the War on Terror, and the 2008 presidential election where he covered the Democratic primaries and later Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee.

He is married to Julie Kirtz, a Washington, D.C. correspondent for Fox News weekend.

Biography

Garrett graduated, in 1984, with a Bachelor of Journalism degree and Bachelor of Science degree in political science from the University of Missouri.^[2] He is a member of the Fraternity Phi Gamma Delta.^[3]

Garrett was a senior editor and congressional correspondent for U.S. News and World Report and a congressional reporter for The Washington Times in the 1990s before joining CNN's White House team in early 2000, and later moving to Fox in 2002 as a general assignment reporter. There, he covered the 2004 election, and served as the network's congressional correspondent. He has also been a White House correspondent for CNN, and an award-winning reporter across the country for Houston Post, Las Vegas Review Journal, and Amarillo Globe-News. His articles have appeared in such magazines as The Weekly Standard, Washington Monthly, and Mother Jones. He currently lives with his family in Washington D.C.^[4]

Garrett covered Barack Obama's presidential campaign. On January 13, 2009, Garrett became the senior White House correspondent for the Fox News Channel.^[5]

Garrett left Fox News on September 3, 2010 to join National Journal.^[6] His final day on Fox News was on America Live.

Bibliography

• The Fifteen Biggest Lies in Politics (St. Martin's Griffin, 2000, ISBN 978-0312254599)
• The Enduring Revolution: The Inside Story of the Republican Ascendancy and Why It Will Continue (Three Rivers Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1400054671)
• The Enduring Revolution: How the Contract with America Continues to Shape the Nation (Crown Forum, 2005, ISBN 978-1400054664)
• Common Cents (Little, Brown, 1995, ISBN 0-316-69912-8)

See also

• White House press corps

References

1. ^ "Major Garrett leaving Fox for National Journal", The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/25/AR2010082503807.html ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Profiles in Success: Major Garrett '84", Missouri School of Journalism website, http://journalism.missouri.edu/alumni/major-garrett-84.html 
3. ^ "Network Community page", The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta website, http://www.phigam.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=377 
4. ^ "Major Garrett Bio", FOX News, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,60317,00.html 
5. ^ SteveK (13 Jan 2009), "Garrett Named Senior WH Correspondent", TVNewser (Mediabistro.com), http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/garrett_named_senior_wh_correspondent_105675.asp 
6. ^ Stelter, Brian; Peters, Jeremy W. (25 Aug 2010), "National Journal Hires Major Garrett From Fox News", Media Decoder blog (The New York Times), http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/national-journal-hires-major-garrett-from-fox-news/ 

External links

• Fox News bio (archived 2006)
• Garrett's Fox News blog
• MajoratWH Major Garrett on Twitter

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Name	Garrett, Major
Alternative names
Short description	Senior White House correspondent to the White House for Fox News; reporter
Date of birth	August 24, 1962
Place of birth	San Diego, California
Date of death
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