1. Greg Myre is an American journalist and an NPR national security correspondent with a focus on the intelligence community.
17 Facts About Greg Myre
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Greg Myre reported from more than 50 countries and covered a dozen wars and conflicts.
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Greg Myre has appeared as an analyst on CNN, PBS, BBC, C-SPAN, Fox News, and Al Jazeera.
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Greg Myre was later based in Islamabad, Pakistan, where he frequently traveled to neighboring Afghanistan and documented the rise of the Taliban.
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Greg Myre was one of the first Western reporters to meet Taliban leaders in 1995.
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Greg Myre was posted to Cyprus and worked throughout the Middle East, including extended trips to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia.
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Greg Myre went to Moscow from 1996 to 1999, covering the early days of Vladimir Putin as Russia's leader.
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Greg Myre was based in Jerusalem during heavy fighting between the Israelis and the Palestinians in the Al-Aqsa Intifada.
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Greg Myre joined The New York Times in Jerusalem in 2003 and reported there until 2007.
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In 1990, Greg Myre witnessed Nelson Mandela's release from prison and was among the journalists who met with Mandela on his first full day out of prison.
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In 2016, Greg Myre reported for NPR on how Syria's war had created millions of refugees, in a video titled "Syria: The Worst Humanitarian Crisis Of The 21st Century".
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Greg Myre is married to Jennifer Griffin, the national security correspondent for the Fox News Channel at the Pentagon.
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Griffin was a college student at Harvard, working for The Sowetan newspaper while Greg Myre was a staff correspondent with the Associated Press.
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Greg Myre is the son of Carole and John Greg Myre from Chesterfield, Missouri.
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Greg Myre's mother is a psychotherapist and his father is a retired director of risk management in St Louis.
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Greg Myre's father authored a book, Live Safely in a Dangerous World.
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Greg Myre is a graduate of Yale University, where he played varsity football and basketball.