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Bret Baier
Born	(1970-08-04) August 4, 1970 (age 41)
Education	DePauw University
Occupation	Fox News anchor
Notable credit(s)	Host of Special Report with Bret Baier
Title	Anchor
Religion	Roman Catholic
Spouse	Amy
Children	Paul Francis (son) Daniel (son)

Bret Baier (born August 4, 1970 in Rumson, New Jersey^[1]) is an American journalist and the host of Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News Channel.^[2] He previously worked as the network's Chief White House Correspondent and Pentagon correspondent.

Career[link]

Baier began his television career with WRAL-TV, the CBS affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina. He sent an audition tape to Fox News in 1998, and was hired as the network's Atlanta bureau chief. On September 11, 2001, he drove from Georgia to Arlington, Virginia to cover the attack on the Pentagon. He 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. He became Fox News's White House correspondent in 2007, covering the administration of George W. Bush. In the fall of 2007, he began substituting for Brit Hume, then the anchor of Special Report, on Fridays.^[2]

On December 23, 2008, Brit Hume anchored his final show and announced Baier would replace him as anchor of Special Report.^[3] He hosted his first show as permanent anchor on January 5, 2009.^[2]

A Freedom of Information Act request filed to investigate alleged anti-Fox News bias in the Barack Obama administration revealed an internal email from the White House communications office, dated October 23, 2009, that referred to Baier as a "lunatic."^[4] The aide who sent the email later apologized to Baier.^[5]

Personal life[link]

Baier attended Marist School, a private Catholic high school in Atlanta, graduating in 1988. Baier then attended DePauw University, graduating in 1992. He is a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.

Baier is a Roman Catholic and attends Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown.^[6][7]

Baier and his wife Amy have two sons, Paul, b. June 29, 2007, and Daniel, b. July 10, 2010..^[8] Paul was born with heart defects. Before he had open-heart surgery, President George W. Bush invited Baier and his wife and son to the Oval Office for a visit and had the White House physician update him on Paul's progress.^[2]

References[link]

External links[link]

• FOX News Channel: Bret Baier bio
• Bret Baier's Twitter Account
• Bret Baier at the Notable Names Database
• DePauw University: FOX News' Bret Baier '92 Discusses Politics, News Coverage and the Impact of His DePauw Education

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