Margaret Brennan
American journalist based in Washington, D.C.
Margaret Mary Brennan (born March 26, 1980) is an American journalist and moderator of Face the Nation on CBS News, the network's chief foreign affairs correspondent and a fill-in and substitute anchor for CBS Evening News. Brennan was previously a White House correspondent for CBS and has covered Washington since 2012.
Before CBS, Brennan anchored the weekday show InBusiness with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg Television. She was also a CNBC correspondent contributing to various NBC News programs.
Brennan is a board member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the Gridiron Club. She serves on the alumni advisory board at the University of Virginia, and the advisory board of the Smurfit School of Business at University College Dublin.
Early life
Brennan was born on March 26, 1980, in Stamford, Connecticut, to Edward Brennan and Jane Brennan. She is of Irish descent.
In 1998, Brennan graduated with honors from the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Connecticut. She attended the University of Virginia, graduating with highest distinction in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign affairs and Middle Eastern studies and a minor in Arabic.
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