Margaret Brennan

Margaret Brennan
Brennan on set of Face the Nation in 2018
Born (1980-03-26) March 26, 1980 (age 44)
Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
Notable credits
  • Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan moderator (2018–present)
  • CBS News correspondent (2012–present)
Spouse
Yado Yakub
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(m. 2015)​
Children2
Websitecbsnews.com/team/margaret-brennan

Margaret Brennan (born March 26, 1980)[1] is an American journalist based in Washington, D.C. She is the current moderator of Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan on CBS News, the network's chief foreign affairs correspondent, and a fill-in and substitute anchor for CBS Evening News.[2][3][4] Brennan was previously a White House correspondent for CBS and has covered Washington since 2012.

Prior to 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 School and the Advisory Board of the Smurfit School of Business at University College Dublin.[2]

  1. ^ "Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 24–30". Associated Press. March 18, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Margaret Brennan". CBS News. March 29, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  3. ^ "Margaret Brennan - Aspen Security Forum". Aspen Security Forum. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  4. ^ "Margaret Brennan named Face the Nation moderator". CBS News. February 22, 2018.