Marie Elizabeth Harf was born on June 15,1981 and is a liberal political commentator for the Fox News Channel and former deputy campaign manager for policy and communications for the Rep.
10 Facts About Marie Harf
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Marie Harf served as the Senior advisor of Strategic Communications to US Secretary of State John Kerry at the United States Department of State, leading the Iran nuclear negotiations communications strategy.
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Harf is the daughter of Jane Ax Harf of Granville, Ohio, and James E Harf of St Louis, Missouri, and is a native of Granville, Ohio.
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Marie Harf graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a BA in Political Science with concentrations in Jewish Studies and Russian and Eastern European Studies, and then received her master's degree in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia, where her thesis examined the prospects for continued regime stability in Saudi Arabia.
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Marie Harf began her career at the Directorate of Intelligence at the CIA as an analyst focusing on Middle Eastern leadership issues.
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Marie Harf later became the media spokesperson of the CIA.
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In June 2013, Marie Harf was appointed Deputy Spokesperson for the Department of State, where she served as deputy under Jen Psaki.
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Marie Harf attracted controversy for an interview she gave on Hardball with Chris Matthews on February 16,2015 following the release the day before of a video by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya.
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Marie Harf served as Acting Spokesperson until May 13,2015, and on June 1,2015, she began a new role as Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications to Secretary of State John Kerry, continuing her work leading the Iran nuclear negotiations communications strategy.
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Marie Harf returned as a Fox News Contributor in September 2019.