1. William Bret Baier is an American journalist and the host of Special Report with Bret Baier on the Fox News Channel and the chief political anchor for Fox.
19 Facts About Bret Baier
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Bret Baier previously worked as the network's Chief White House Correspondent and Pentagon correspondent.
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Bret Baier then attended the DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, graduating in 1992 with a BA degree in political science and English.
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Bret Baier began his television career with a local station WJWJ TV16 on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, before joining WRAL-TV, then CBS affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Bret Baier sent an audition tape to Fox News in 1998, and was hired as the network's Atlanta bureau chief.
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Bret Baier never returned to the Atlanta bureau and was instead tapped as the network's Pentagon correspondent, remaining at the post for five years and taking 11 trips to Afghanistan and 13 trips to Iraq.
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Bret Baier was named Fox News's White House correspondent in 2007, covering the presidential administration of George W Bush.
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On December 23,2008, Hume anchored his final show and announced Bret Baier would replace him as anchor of Special Report.
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Bret Baier hosted his first show as permanent anchor on January 5,2009.
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In October 2021, Baier promoted his new book To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876 on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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In June 2023, Bret Baier interviewed former US President Donald Trump.
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In September 2023, Bret Baier interviewed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Sindalah, Saudi Arabia.
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In October 2023, Bret Baier planned to host a discussion between the candidates vying to replace Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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In February 2024, Bret Baier traveled to Ukraine to interview President Volodymyr Zelensky about the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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On October 16,2024, Bret Baier met with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Fox News for her first interview on this network.
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In 2016, Baier earned the Kenneth Y Tomlinson Award for Outstanding Journalism from the Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program.
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Bret Baier, who served as an altar boy in his youth, is a practicing Roman Catholic and attends Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown.
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In 2009, Bret Baier was named a "Significant Sig" by the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
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Bret Baier has played golf with Donald Trump and has been Trump's guest at his Mar-a-Lago resort.