1. Jennifer Griffin is an American journalist who works as Chief national security correspondent at the Pentagon for Fox News.
16 Facts About Jennifer Griffin
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Jennifer Griffin joined Fox News in October 1999 as a Jerusalem-based correspondent.
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Since 2007, Griffin has reported daily from the Pentagon where she questions senior military leaders, travels to war zones with the Joint Chiefs and Secretaries of Defense, and reports on all aspects of the military.
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Jennifer Griffin coauthored This Burning Land: Lessons from the Front Lines of the Transformed Israeli-Palestinian Conflict with her husband.
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In 2006, Jennifer Griffin conducted a rare interview with former Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon before he lapsed into a coma.
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In 2004, Jennifer Griffin was among the first reporters to arrive in the wake of the South-East Asia tsunami tragedy, reporting from Phuket and Khao Lak, Thailand.
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In October 2019, Jennifer Griffin fact-checked President Donald Trump after he claimed the US never gave a commitment to the Kurds.
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In February 2022, prior and just after the start of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Jennifer Griffin frequently corrected and fact-checked her Fox News colleagues when they said false or unproven things about the war.
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Jennifer Griffin secured exclusive interviews with top officials, including Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and spearheaded FNC's coverage of the conflict stateside with around the clock updates from the Pentagon.
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In 2021, Jennifer Griffin assisted The Independence Fund with giving away the 2,500th Track Chair to a wounded warrior veteran.
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Jennifer Griffin serves as the emcee of the annual CAUSE gala, which celebrates and shows our appreciation for America's wounded, ill, and injured service members and their caregivers.
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Jennifer Griffin is a member of the board of directors for the Prevent Cancer Foundation and an Advisory Board Member for Report for America.
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Jennifer Griffin was diagnosed with stage 3 triple-negative breast cancer in 2009, and underwent chemotherapy, a double mastectomy, and radiation for treatment.
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Jennifer Griffin's story has been featured on the Today show, People magazine, and Oprah.
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In October 1994, Jennifer Griffin married Greg Myre, a journalist who is NPR's national security correspondent and has reported for the Associated Press and The New York Times.
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Jennifer Griffin was a college student at Harvard, working for The Sowetan newspaper while Myre was a staff correspondent with the Associated Press.